v. t. & i. To feign. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. feint, p. p. of feindre to feign. See Feign. ] Feigned; counterfeit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Dressed up into any feint appearance of it. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. feinte, fr. feint. See Feint, a. ] 1. That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Courtley's letter is but a feint to get off. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a feint, or mock attack. [ 1913 Webster ]