to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of

to feign sickness.

to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse.

to imitate deceptively

to feign another's voice.

to make believe; pretend

She's only feigning, she isn't really ill.

verb

be true

verb

act , affect , assume , bluff * , counterfeit , devise , dissemble , dissimulate , do a bit , fabricate , fake , forge , four-flush , give appearance of , imagine , imitate , invent , make show of , phony up , play , play possum * , put on , put on act , put up a front , sham * , simulate , stonewall * , pretend , sham , play-act , pose , profess , allege , avoid , bluff , conceal , concoct , disguise , malinger , personate