See feign in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.",
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"ref": "1559, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, III.iii.18-21:",
"text": "[T]he truest poetry is the most\nfeigning, and lovers are given to poetry, and what\nthey swear in poetry may be said as lovers they do\nfeign.",
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"ref": "1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 2, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:",
"text": "She had not been much of a dissembler, until now her loneliness taught her to feign.",
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"text": "He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.",
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"ref": "1511, King James Translators, Nehemiah 5:8",
"text": "Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest' them out of thine own heart."
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"word": "يَزْعُم"
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "vormachen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "fingieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prospoioúmai",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "προσποιούμαι"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "színlel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "tettet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "megjátszik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "úgy tesz, mintha…"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "szimulál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "to forge",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "hamisít"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "fingere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "simulare"
},
{
"alt": "みせかける",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "misekakeru",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "見せ掛ける"
},
{
"alt": "よそおう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yosoou",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "装う"
},
{
"code": "lmo",
"lang": "Lombard",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "fing"
},
{
"code": "lut",
"lang": "Lushootseed",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "səxʷʔiw̓adəb"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "whakakikoika"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "simulere"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "spille"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "fénher"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "udawać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "grać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "pozorować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"english": "to behave like sb",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "pozować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "zgrywać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "rżnąć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odgrywać rolę"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"english": "to act like sb",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "kreować się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "robić się na kogoś"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "strugać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "fingir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "dissimular"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "aparentar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pritvorjátʹsja",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "притворя́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prikídyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прики́дываться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "simulírovatʹ",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "симули́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poddelyvatʹ",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подделывать"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "leig air"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "fingir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "inventar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "aparentar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "fingera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "uppdikta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"word": "förege"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"note": "of a living being",
"roman": "prykydátysja",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прикида́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"note": "of an object",
"roman": "pidróbljuvaty",
"sense": "to make a false show",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "підро́блювати"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "yazʕum",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "يَزْعُم"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taḵayyal",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تَخَيَّل"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izmisljam",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "измислям"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "veinzen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "inbeelden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "kuvitella"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "inventar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "ausdenken"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "kigondol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "kieszel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "kitalál"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "immaginarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "inventarsi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "whakakikoika"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "whakakikokiko"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "inventar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "imaginar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vydúmyvatʹ",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выду́мывать"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "leig air"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "inventar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "imaginar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"word": "låtsas"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vyháduvaty",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вига́дувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výhadaty",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ви́гадати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nadúmaty",
"sense": "to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наду́мати"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "warrā",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "وَرَّى"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zabluždavam",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"word": "заблуждавам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"word": "verbergen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"word": "verzwijgen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"word": "peitellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"word": "salata"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"word": "verheimlichen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"word": "verbergen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"word": "eltitkol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"word": "titkol"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"word": "dissimulare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"word": "bluffare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"word": "mascherare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"word": "nascondere"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"word": "whakakikoika"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"word": "omitir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skryvátʹ",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "скрыва́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prjátatʹ",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пря́тать"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"word": "dölja"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryxóvuvaty",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прихо́вувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryxováty",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прихова́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sxováty",
"sense": "to hide, conceal, or dissemble",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "схова́ти"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"feign"
],
"word": "feign"
}
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