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Feigned
Feign Feign, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feigned; p. pr. & vb. n. Feigning.] [OE. feinen, F. feindre (p. pr. feignant), fr. L. fingere; akin to L. figura figure,and E. dough. See Dough, and cf. Figure, Faint, Effigy, Fiction.] 1. To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true. There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. --Neh. vi. 8. The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. --Shak. 2. To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness. --Shak. 3. To dissemble; to conceal. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Feigned
Feigned Feigned, a. Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false. ``A feigned friend.' --Shak. Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. --Ps. xvii. 1. -- Feign"ed*ly, adv. -- Feign"ed*ness, n. Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly. --Jer. iii. 10. Feigned issue (Law), an issue produced in a pretended action between two parties for the purpose of trying before a jury a question of fact which it becomes necessary to settle in the progress of a cause. --Burill. --Bouvier.
Feigned issue
Feigned Feigned, a. Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false. ``A feigned friend.' --Shak. Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. --Ps. xvii. 1. -- Feign"ed*ly, adv. -- Feign"ed*ness, n. Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly. --Jer. iii. 10. Feigned issue (Law), an issue produced in a pretended action between two parties for the purpose of trying before a jury a question of fact which it becomes necessary to settle in the progress of a cause. --Burill. --Bouvier.
Feignedly
Feigned Feigned, a. Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false. ``A feigned friend.' --Shak. Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. --Ps. xvii. 1. -- Feign"ed*ly, adv. -- Feign"ed*ness, n. Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly. --Jer. iii. 10. Feigned issue (Law), an issue produced in a pretended action between two parties for the purpose of trying before a jury a question of fact which it becomes necessary to settle in the progress of a cause. --Burill. --Bouvier.
Feignedness
Feigned Feigned, a. Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false. ``A feigned friend.' --Shak. Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. --Ps. xvii. 1. -- Feign"ed*ly, adv. -- Feign"ed*ness, n. Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly. --Jer. iii. 10. Feigned issue (Law), an issue produced in a pretended action between two parties for the purpose of trying before a jury a question of fact which it becomes necessary to settle in the progress of a cause. --Burill. --Bouvier.
Feigner
Feigner Feign"er, n. One who feigns or pretends.
Unfeigned
Unfeigned Un*feigned", a. Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man. ``Good faith unfeigned.' --Chaucer. -- Un*feign"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*feign"ed*ness, n.
Unfeignedly
Unfeigned Un*feigned", a. Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man. ``Good faith unfeigned.' --Chaucer. -- Un*feign"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*feign"ed*ness, n.
Unfeignedness
Unfeigned Un*feigned", a. Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man. ``Good faith unfeigned.' --Chaucer. -- Un*feign"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*feign"ed*ness, n.

Meaning of Feigne from wikipedia

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