Both Uses of
feigned
in
The Scarlet Letter
- I felt no love, nor feigned any.†
Chpt 4 *
- But it is an error to suppose that our great forefathers—though accustomed to speak and think of human existence as a state merely of trial and warfare, and though unfeignedly prepared to sacrifice goods and life at the behest of duty—made it a matter of conscience to reject such means of comfort, or even luxury, as lay fairly within their grasp.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(feigned) pretended -- usually pretending to feel something