All 3 Uses
feint
in
Ender's Game
(Edited)
- 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.
p. 219.8feinting = making a distracting or deceptive move
- Feint, withdraw, skim the globe to another point, withdraw again...
p. 222.3 *feint = make a deceptive move -- as though attacking
- feint again
p. 222.3feint = make a distracting or deceptive move
Definitions:
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(1)
(feint) any distracting or deceptive maneuver; or the act of making the maneuverFeint 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."
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, feint is a non-standard spelling of faint in the sense of something that is barley perceptible.