FEIGN

feign

Verb

  1. To make a false copy or version of; to counterfeit.
    The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.
    They feigned her signature on the cheque.
  2. To imagine; to invent; to pretend.
    He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.
  3. To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent.
  4. To hide or conceal.
    Jessica feigned the fact that she had not done her homework.


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