fingere — meaning in English

English meaning

• affect verb To influence or make a difference to something.
• feign verb To pretend to feel or have something that isn't real.
• pretend verb To act as if something is true or real when it isn't, in order to deceive or as part of play.

Senses

fingere is used for these senses in English:

• affect (transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.]
• feign To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
• pretend (intransitive, or, with 'that' clause, or, 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance. [from 14th c.]
• pretend (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.

affect — full definition

1. verb To influence or make a difference to something.
2. verb To pretend to have or feel a quality; to put on.

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