feign
verb (used with object)
to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of.
feigner
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a word derived from
feign.
Example Sentences
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How rare a skill is theirs These extreme pangs to show, How real a frenzy wears Each feigner of woe!
From The Art of Letters by Robert Lynd
Go, thy charms to the feigner surrender, In my scorn is my comforter yet!
From The Poems of Schiller — First period by Friedrich Schiller
How rare a skill is theirs These extreme pangs to show, How real a frenzy wears Each feigner of woe!
From Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. by Walter De la Mare
He who can reconcile poetry with truth and wisdom, is the only true "poet" in its real sense, "the maker" "the creator,"—why must this mean the "liar," the "feigner," the "tale-teller?"
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
