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    feign
    feign /feɪn/ verb [transitive] formal
     Date: 1200-1300
     Language: Old French
     Origin: feindre, from Latin fingere 'to shape, pretend'
    to pretend to have a particular feeling or to be ill, asleep etc:
        Feigning a headache, I went upstairs to my room.