feign

English

/feɪn/

verb

Definitions

To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
To imagine; to invent; to pretend.
To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent.
To hide or conceal.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English feynen borrowed from Old French feindre (feign, pretend) derived from Latin fingere (shape, form, invent) root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (mold, knead, form, shape, build).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰeyǵʰ-

Gloss

mold, knead, form, shape, build

Concept

Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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