ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FEINT
From French feinte, from feint pretended, from Old French feindre to feign.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FEINT
PRESENT
Present
I feint
you feint
he/she/it feints
we feint
you feint
they feint
Present continuous
I am feinting
you are feinting
he/she/it is feinting
we are feinting
you are feinting
they are feinting
Present perfect
I have feinted
you have feinted
he/she/it has feinted
we have feinted
you have feinted
they have feinted
Present perfect continuous
I have been feinting
you have been feinting
he/she/it has been feinting
we have been feinting
you have been feinting
they have been feinting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I feinted
you feinted
he/she/it feinted
we feinted
you feinted
they feinted
Past continuous
I was feinting
you were feinting
he/she/it was feinting
we were feinting
you were feinting
they were feinting
Past perfect
I had feinted
you had feinted
he/she/it had feinted
we had feinted
you had feinted
they had feinted
Past perfect continuous
I had been feinting
you had been feinting
he/she/it had been feinting
we had been feinting
you had been feinting
they had been feinting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will feint
you will feint
he/she/it will feint
we will feint
you will feint
they will feint
Future continuous
I will be feinting
you will be feinting
he/she/it will be feinting
we will be feinting
you will be feinting
they will be feinting
Future perfect
I will have feinted
you will have feinted
he/she/it will have feinted
we will have feinted
you will have feinted
they will have feinted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been feinting
you will have been feinting
he/she/it will have been feinting
we will have been feinting
you will have been feinting
they will have been feinting
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would feint
you would feint
he/she/it would feint
we would feint
you would feint
they would feint
Conditional continuous
I would be feinting
you would be feinting
he/she/it would be feinting
we would be feinting
you would be feinting
they would be feinting
Conditional perfect
I would have feint
you would have feint
he/she/it would have feint
we would have feint
you would have feint
they would have feint
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been feinting
you would have been feinting
he/she/it would have been feinting
we would have been feinting
you would have been feinting
they would have been feinting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you feint
we let´s feint
you feint
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
feinting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEINT»
Discover the use of
feint in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
feint and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Adrian
Feint: Cornucopia
Adrian Feint: Cornucopia showcases the range of works of this unjustly neglected artist, focusing especially on his stunning flower paintings and landscapes.
Richard Heathcote, Richard King, 2009
2
Feint of Art: An Annie Kincaid Mystery
When Annie Kincaid informs her ex-boyfriend, curator Ernst Pettigrew, that the Brock Museum's fifteen-million-dollar Caravaggio painting is a fake, a bizarre chain of events is set in motion, forcing Annie to enter into an underworld of art ...
3
Webster's New World 575+ French Verbs
feindre to pretend, to feign Present participle: feignant Past participle: feint
Imperative: feins, feignez, feignons Mode Simple Tenses Compound Tenses
Singular I Plural Singular Plural Present Passé Composé felns feignons ai feint
avons feint ...
4
Actors on Guard: A Practical Guide for the Use of the Rapier ...
A set up is a feint cut aimed at a target on one's partner other than that which is
the real object of the attack. Its aim is to set up the opponent, provoking a reaction
or parry that opens the desired line. This type of feint cut contains the first ...
Dale Anthony Girard, 2014
5
The Beast and the Sovereign
In the first place, it seems difficult to identify or determine a limit, i.e. an indivisible
threshold, between feint and feigned feint. What is more, even supposing that this
limit is conceptually accessible (and I do not believe it is), it would still remain ...
Jacques Derrida, Michel Lisse, Marie-Louise Mallet, 2011
6
Disjunctivism: Contemporary Readings
It looks to you as if there is a feint light before you. You are not, however, sure
whether you are seeing a feint light or having an after-image. Now you might
pose the question thus; what is that—an after-image or a feint light? In fact you
are ...
Alex Byrne, Heather Logue, 2009
7
Self-Defense: The Art of Boxing
The duck to the left, giving at the same time a right-hand body blow. Vide plate
XIII. The duck to the right, which is sometimes used when leading off at the head
with the left hand, in order to avoid a counter. Vt'de plate IX. FEINTING. A Feint is
a ...
8
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and ...
Distillers to fix Pumps in their Low Wine and Feint Iteceivcrs for emptying the
same, and pay for Locks and Fastenings for securing the I'uinps and Covers, and
shall not open, break or damage any such Lock or Fastening, &c. cast and
compute ...
Great Britain, Sir George Kettilby Rickards, 1820
9
Field Manual No.1-111: Aviation Brigades
A feint is a supporting attack. It diverts the enemy's attention from the main effort.
Cavalry, air reconnaissance, or attack helicopter units normally conduct feints on
a limited basis. A feint usually occurs before or during a main attack to deceive ...
10
Feint of Art:: An Annie Kincaid Mystery
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEINT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
feint is used in the context of the following news items.
Western Stage brings back its younger, edgier 2x4BASH theater …
“The shows are edgy and not for the feint of heart,” Capriola says in a statement. “But they are very good.” The name 2x4BASH is a play on a ... «Monterey County Weekly, Jul 15»
FightGameCentral :: Will recent history repeat itself at UFC 189?
He's always a threat to take his opponent to the ground, and uses that threat to set up feint-takedown power strike techniques. He also throws a ... «SportsBlog.com, Jul 15»
Which Of These 4 Leadership Styles Are You? - Forbes
The job is not for the feint-of-heart or thin-skinned, but the opportunities to learn and become expert under the Pragmatist's tutelage are ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
New imaging techniques probe how dolphin brains are optimized for …
Echolocation, which has gained recent notoriety in the few persevering humans able to master it, is not something for the feint of heart. At this ... «ExtremeTech, Jul 15»
Fost days of retirement were a real shock to system
That's when I noticed the feint smell o' Firey Jack and TCP but it were all rate. Film were King's Speech. Folks kept saying it were good but I ... «Ripley Today, Jul 15»
Wimbledon 2015: Time, TV schedule, live stream for Tuesday's …
The 33-year-old damned Wimbledon's fourth seed with feint praise to assert her 20-time major champion status, amid a reported feud that runs ... «Celebrity Cafe - Entertainment News, Jul 15»
Up their own ileum
It was, Drury wrote, an “ingenious feint”. Unfortunately for the Mail, this view of the facts did not hold up. In May this year O'Brien successfully ... «Village, Jul 15»
Is Tsipras really looking for a deal with Europe? | Daniel Howden …
There are important indications that the pursuit of a deal is not simply a feint. The resignation of Varoufakis and the attempt on Monday to reach ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Delivering Humanitarian Aid and Fighting Corruption: Not an Either …
... corruption as unavoidable or getting out of the game (with a feint toward having private donors work through a couple of faith-based groups). «The Nonprofit Quarterly, Jul 15»
Beast or weirdo? World Cup star Lloyd is bundle of contradictions …
... kick before each touch, making sure to raise one arm in the exact motion. On another she dips her inside shoulder each time to accent a feint. «HeraldNet, Jul 15»
