Thesaurus: feint

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1. a. Feigned; counterfeit.
2. a. That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
3. a. A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc.
4. v. i. To make a feint, or mock attack.
5. n. any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)
6. v. deceive by a mock action
7. Feigned; counterfeit. [Obs.] Dressed up into any feint appearance of it. Locke. 1. That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch. Courtley's letter is but a feint to get off. Spectator. 2. A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc. To make a feint, or mock attack.
8. Feigned; counterfeit. [Obs.]Dressed up into any feint appearance of it. Locke.
9. v:47/n:53 n. any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack) v. deceive by a mock action