Both Uses of
feigned
in
Great Expectations
- I'm so frightened!" feigned to be in a paroxysm of terror and contrition, occasioned by the dignity of my appearance.†
p. 259.6feigned = pretended (made a pretense of)
- Next day I had the meanness to feign that I was under a binding promise to go down to Joe; but I was capable of almost any meanness towards Joe or his name.†
p. 375.5 *feign = pretend (make a pretense of)
Definition:
pretended -- usually pretending to feel something