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She feigned sleep.feigned = pretended to
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She feigned indifference.feigned = made a pretense of (pretended)
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Garvey feigned surprise. (source)feigned = pretended to feel
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To escape her inquisitive gaze, I checked my watch, feigned surprise, and casually mentioned to Jamie that we'd better be going. (source)
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Joe, is doing push-ups in front of a group of elderly women, who feign interest and clap politely. (source)feign = pretend to feel
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He pressed his arms against his sides, feigning fear. (source)feigning = pretending (making a pretense of)
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GEORGE (Feigned awe): Very good! (source)Feigned = pretending to feel
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It's as if Roland thinks his attack on her could be wiped away by feigning remorse—not because he's actually sorry for what he did, but because it serves Roland's needs to treat her well now.† (source)feigning = pretending (making a pretense of)
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I do this to feign confidence, because the more I fake it, the more it's supposed to feel true.† (source)feign = pretend (make a pretense of)
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As is that ruin, which Adice's stream On this side Trento struck, should'ring the wave, Or loos'd by earthquake or for lack of prop; For from the mountain's summit, whence it mov'd To the low level, so the headlong rock Is shiver'd, that some passage it might give To him who from above would pass; e'en such Into the chasm was that descent: and there At point of the disparted ridge lay stretch'd The infamy of Crete, detested brood Of the feign'd heifer: and at sight of us It gnaw'd itself, as one with rage distract.† (source)feign'd = pretended (made a pretense of)
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He feigns surprise.† (source)feigns = pretends (makes a pretense of)
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And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful; and that we show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end.† (source)unfeignedly = without pretendingstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unfeignedly means not and reverses the meaning of feignedly. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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6:8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.† (source)feignest = pretend (make a pretense of)standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-est" is dropped, so that where they said "Thou feignest" in older English, today we say "You feign."
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3:10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.† (source)
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VOLT: May her feignings Not take your wisdoms: but this day she baited A stranger, a grave knight, with her loose eyes, And more lascivious kisses.† (source)
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He, then, convinced Of their unfeigning honesty, began.† (source)unfeigning = not pretendingstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unfeigning means not and reverses the meaning of feigning. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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