Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Feign \Feign\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feigned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Feigning}.] [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}.]
   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. --Shak.

   3. To dissemble; to conceal. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Source : WordNet®

feign
     v 1: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he
          was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: {sham}, {pretend},
           {affect}, {dissemble}]
     2: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though
        she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn: {simulate},
         {assume}, {sham}]