| feign | 1. To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true. "There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart." (Neh. Vi. 8) "The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods." (Shak) 2. To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness. 3. To dissemble; to conceal. Origin: OE. Feinen, F. Feindre (p. Pr. Feignant), fr. L. Fingere; akin to L. Figura figure,and E. Dough. See Dough, and cf. Figure, Faint, Effigy, Fiction. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| feigned | Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false. "A feigned friend." "Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips." (Ps. Xvii. 1) Feign"edly, Feign"edness, "Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly." (Jer. Iii. 10) Feigned issue, 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| feigned eruption | Self-induced skin lesions resulting from habitual rubbing, scratching or hair-pulling, malingering, or mental disturbance. Synonym: dermatitis autophytica, factitial dermatitis, feigned eruption. (05 Mar 2000) |