All 3 Uses of
feint
in
Ender's Game
- Ender watched as all his squadrons moved at once, each responding to its own situation, all guided by Ender's overall command, but daring, improvising, feinting, attacking with an independence no bugger fleet had ever shown.
Chpt 14feinting = making a distracting or deceptive move
- Feint, withdraw, skim the globe to another point, withdraw again...
Chpt 14 *feint = make a distracting or deceptive move
- feint again
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(feint) any distracting or deceptive maneuver; or the act of making the maneuvereditor's notes: Feint is most typically used for physical maneuvers as when boxing, fencing, or moving troops where a mock attack diverts attention from the real attack. But it can also be used much more generally as when Charlotte Bronte wrote of "a mere feint of politeness."