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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Feint \Feint\, v. i. To make a feint, or mock attack. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Feint \Feint\, a. [F. feint, p. p. of feindre to feign. See {Feign}.] Feigned; counterfeit. [Obs.] Dressed up into any feint appearance of it --Locke. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Feint \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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: feint n : any distracting maneuver (as a mock attack) v : make a feint
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