Verb

(en verb)

To make a false copy or version of; to counterfeit.

The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.

They feigned her signature on the cheque.

To imagine; to invent; to pretend.

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.

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Cahill was beaten far too easily for Miller's goal, although the striker deserves the credit for the way he controlled Alan Hutton's right-wing delivery, with his back to goal, feigned to his left then went the other way and pinged a splendid left-foot shot into Hart's bottom right-hand corner.

To hide or conceal.

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

Verb

(deceiv)

To trick or mislead.

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, year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.” }}