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feignfeign /feɪn/ verb [transitive] formal ![](img/spkr_b.png) feignOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French feindre, from Latin fingere ‘to shape, pretend’ VERB TABLEfeign |
Present | I, you, we, they | feign | | he, she, it | feigns | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | feigned | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have feigned | | he, she, it | has feigned | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had feigned | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will feign | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have feigned |
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Present | I | am feigning | | he, she, it | is feigning | | you, we, they | are feigning | Past | I, he, she, it | was feigning | | you, we, they | were feigning | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been feigning | | he, she, it | has been feigning | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been feigning | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be feigning | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been feigning |
- Bernstein returned to his desk, feigning unconcern.
- At decision-making time these consequences are simply left unmentioned, allowing organizational leaders to feign surprise when qualitative costs finally assert themselves.
- I know I should be kind and concerned and that I should at least feign pathos.
- I saw that her reluctance to be taken had been feigned, or part-feigned.
- The silence I feigned does not mean you are not in my thoughts.
► feign interest (=pretend to be interested)· Ted scanned the report, feigning interest. to pretend to have a particular feeling or to be ill, asleep etc: Feigning a headache, I went upstairs to my room. |