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feint
noun 
  1. A movement made to confuse the opponent, a dummy
  2. That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
  3. (context, fencing, boxing, war) An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance
Translations: 
  • Spanish: amago , finta
verb 
  1. To make a feint, or mock attack.
adjective 
  1. (obsolete) Feigned; counterfeit.
  2. (context, fencing, boxing, war) (of an attack) directed toward a different part from the intended strike
Etymology: pretended, from feindre to feign.

     
 
  

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