Feign \Feign\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feigned; p. pr. & vb. n. Feigning.]

[OE. feinen, F. feindre (p. pr. feignant), fr. L. fingere; akin to L. figura figure,and E. dough. See Dough, and cf. Figure, Faint, Effigy, Fiction.]

1. To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true. [1913 Webster]

There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. --Neh. vi. 8. [1913 Webster]

The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. To dissemble; to conceal. [Obs.]

--Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Feigning \Feign"ing\, a. That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false. -- Feign"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

feigning

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Feign \Feign\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feigned; p. pr. & vb. n. Feigning.]

[OE. feinen, F. feindre (p. pr. feignant), fr. L. fingere; akin to L. figura figure,and E. dough. See Dough, and cf. Figure, Faint, Effigy, Fiction.]

1. To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true.

There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. --Neh. vi. 8.

The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. --Shak.

2. To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness. --Shak.

3. To dissemble; to conceal. [Obs.]

--Spenser.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Feigning \Feign"ing\, a. That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false. -- Feign"ing*ly, adv.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)