Dictionary
feign
Pronunciation: (fān), [key]—
v.t.
1. to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of:
to feign sickness.
2. to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse.
3. to imitate deceptively:
to feign another's voice.
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v.i.
to make believe; pretend:
She's only feigning, she isn't really ill. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.