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a. Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false. “A feigned friend.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Ps. xvii. 1.

-- Feign"ed*ly adv. -- Feign"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly. Jer. iii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

Feigned issue (Law), an issue produced in a pretended action between two parties for the purpose of trying before a jury a question of fact which it becomes necessary to settle in the progress of a cause. Burill. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who feigns or pretends. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false.

-- Feign"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. & i. To feign. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. feint, p. p. of feindre to feign. See Feign. ] Feigned; counterfeit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Dressed up into any feint appearance of it. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. feinte, fr. feint. See Feint, a. ] 1. That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Courtley's letter is but a feint to get off. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a feint, or mock attack. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Min.) The Chinese name for a highly prized variety of pale green jade. See Jade. [ 1913 Webster ]