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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Feigned  \Feigned\,  a. 
  Not  real  or  genuine;  pretended;  counterfeit;  insincere; 
  false.  ``A  feigned  friend.''  --Shak. 
 
  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. 

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