Meaning of FEINT
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- [n] any distracting maneuver (as a mock attack)
- [v] deceive with a feint
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| | See Also: | | assume, feign, maneuver, manoeuvre, sham, simulate, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Feint\, a. [F. feint, p. p. of feindre to feign. See
{Feign}.]
Feigned; counterfeit. [Obs.]
Dressed up into any feint appearance of it. --Locke.
\Feint\, n. [F. feinte, fr. feint. See {Feint}, a.]
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.
\Feint\, v. i.
To make a feint, or mock attack.
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