feign

verb3

1. •
   To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.

   • The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.
   • They feigned her signature on the cheque.
2. •
   To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.

   • He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.
3. •
   To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.