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feint

Pronunciation: (fānt), [key]
—n.
1. a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack: military feints; the feints of a skilled fencer.
2. a feigned or assumed appearance: His air of approval was a feint to conceal his real motives.

—v.i.
to make a feint.

—v.t.
1. to make a feint at; deceive with a feint.
2. to make a false show of; simulate.

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