feign

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

feign (fān)v. feigned, feign·ing, feignsv. tr.
1.
a. To give a false appearance of:
feign sleep.
b. To represent falsely; pretend to:
feign authorship of a novel.
2. To imitate so as to deceive:
feign another's voice.
3. To fabricate:
feigned an excuse.
4. Archaic. To invent or imagine.v. intr.
To pretend; dissemble. [Middle English feinen, from Old French feindre, from Latin fingere, to shape, form. See dheigh- in Indo-European Roots.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  simulate, assume, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble