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.

* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland'' (in ''The Guardian , 14 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/14/england-scotland-international-friendly]

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

(emulat)

To attempt to equal or be the same as.

To copy or imitate, especially a person.

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, year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors.}}

(obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.

* 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 146:

But the councell then present emulating my successe, would not thinke it fit to spare me fortie men to be hazzarded in those unknowne regions [...].

(computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device