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színlel, tettet, tetteti magát* * *[fein](to pretend to feel: He feigned illness.) színlel- feigned
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feign — ► VERB ▪ pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury). ORIGIN Old French feindre, from Latin fingere mould, contrive … English terms dictionary
feign — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French feign , stem of feindre, from Latin fingere to shape, feign more at dough Date: 13th century intransitive verb pretend, dissemble transitive verb 1. a. to give a false appearance of ; induce as a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
feign´ing|ly — feign «fayn», transitive verb. 1. to put on a false appearance of; make believe; pretend: »Some animals feign death when in danger. SYNONYM(S): assume, affect, simulate, sham. 2. to make up to deceive; invent falsely: »to feign an excuse … Useful english dictionary
feign´er — feign «fayn», transitive verb. 1. to put on a false appearance of; make believe; pretend: »Some animals feign death when in danger. SYNONYM(S): assume, affect, simulate, sham. 2. to make up to deceive; invent falsely: »to feign an excuse … Useful english dictionary
feign — I verb affect, beguile, belie, cheat, concoct, counterfeit, create a false appearance, deceive, delude, disguise, dissemble, dissimulate, distort the truth, fabricate, falsify, fingere, imagine, imitate deceptively, impersonate, lack candor, he… … Law dictionary
feign — verb Feign is used with these nouns as the object: ↑disappointment, ↑enthusiasm, ↑ignorance, ↑illness, ↑indifference, ↑injury, ↑innocence, ↑insanity, ↑interest, ↑look, ↑nonchalance, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
feign — [ feın ] verb transitive FORMAL to pretend to have a particular feeling: OK, she said, feigning indifference … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
feign — verb pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury). Origin ME: from OFr. feign , stem of feindre, from L. fingere mould, contrive ; cf. fiction and figment … English new terms dictionary
feign — verb /feɪn/ a) To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit. The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam. b) To give a mental existence to something that is not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; to pretend; to form … Wiktionary
feign — verb (T) formal to pretend to have a particular feeling or to be ill, asleep etc: Feigning a headache, I went upstairs to my room. | Mattie watched him approach with feigned indifference … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
feign — verb 1) she lay still and feigned sleep Syn: simulate, fake, sham, affect, give the appearance of, make a pretense of 2) he s not really ill, he s only feigning Syn: pretend, put it on, fake, sham, bluff … Thesaurus of popular words