feint lines

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• feint — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a sham attack or blow etc. to divert attention or fool an opponent or enemy. 2 pretence. v.intr. make a feint. Etymology: F feinte, fem. past part. of feindre FEIGN 2. adj. esp. Printing = FAINT adj. 6 (feint lines). Etymology: ME …   Useful english dictionary

• feint — Ⅰ. feint [1] ► NOUN ▪ a deceptive or pretended attacking movement, especially in boxing or fencing. ► VERB ▪ make a feint. ORIGIN French feinte, from feindre feign . Ⅱ. feint [2] …   English terms dictionary

• feint — The noun feint [17] and the adjective feint [19] are essentially different words, but they have a common ultimate origin. Feint ‘misleading mock attack’ was borrowed from French feinte, a noun use of the feminine form of the past participle of… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• feint — The noun feint [17] and the adjective feint [19] are essentially different words, but they have a common ultimate origin. Feint ‘misleading mock attack’ was borrowed from French feinte, a noun use of the feminine form of the past participle of… …   Word origins

• feint — faint, feint Both words come from the same Old French root feindre ‘to feign’. Faint is used as an adjective meaning ‘indistinct, pale’ or ‘feeling dizzy’, as a noun meaning ‘a loss of consciousness’, and as a verb meaning ‘to lose consciousness’ …   Modern English usage

• feint — feint1 [feɪnt] noun a deceptive or pretended blow, thrust, or other attacking movement, especially in boxing or fencing. verb make a feint. Origin C17: from Fr. feinte, past participle (used asnoun) of feindre feign . feint2 [feɪnt] adjective… …   English new terms dictionary

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