Meaning

• To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.

  "The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam."

• To imagine; to invent; to pretend.

  "He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time."

• To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent.

• To hide or conceal.

  "Jessica feigned the fact that she had not done her homework."