Meaning of feign in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.

  Example: The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.

• To imagine; to invent; to pretend.

  Example: He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.

• To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent.

• To hide or conceal.

  Example: Jessica feigned the fact that she had not done her homework.