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.
Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned
lips. --Ps. xvii. 1.
-- {Feign"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Feign"ed*ness}, n.
Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me
with her whole heart, but feignedly. --Jer. iii.
10.
{Feigned issue} (Law), 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. --Burill.
--Bouvier.