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FEIGN, fane. L. fingo. The Latin forms fictum, fictus, whence figura, figure, also fucus.
1. To invent or imagine to form an idea or conception of something not real.
There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. Nehemiah 6 .
2. To make a show of to pretend to assume a false appearance to counterfeit.
I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner. 2 Samuel 14 .
She feigns a laugh.
3. To represent falsely to pretend to form and relate a fictitious tale.
The poet did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods.
4. To dissemble to conceal. Obs.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Feign'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/f/feign.html.
Entry for 'Feign'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/f/feign.html.
