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feign

v.
US //ˈfeɪn// UK //fˈeɪn// feign
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Origin

From Middle English feynen, feinen, borrowed from Old French feindre (“to pretend”), from Latin fingere (“to form, shape, invent”). Compare French feignant (present participle of feindre, literally “feigning”). Also compare feint and fiction.

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