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1. Make believe with the intent to deceive
   "He feigned that he was ill"
   - sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
    
2. Make a pretence of
   "he feigned sleep"
   - simulate, assume, sham

Sounds like: fane, fain

Derived forms: feigned, feigning, feigns

See also: feigning

Type of: act, belie, dissemble, misrepresent, pretend

Encyclopedia: Feign