{"id":4657,"date":"2021-06-09T01:13:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T01:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/definition\/feint\/"},"modified":"2021-06-09T01:13:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T01:13:10","slug":"feint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/definition\/feint\/","title":{"rendered":"feint"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The <strong>etymology<\/strong> from <strong>feint<\/strong> could come from gothic <em>af-maga<\/em>, which translates as <strong>\"desert\"<\/strong>, as indicated by the <strong>Royal Spanish Academy<\/strong> (<strong>RAE<\/strong>).  This word, in turn, derives from <em>magan<\/em> (translatable as <strong>\"have strength\"<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/amagar.jpg\" alt=\"Feint\" width=\"356\" height=\"215\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-70435\" align=\"right\"\/>The act of <strong>feint<\/strong> Alludes to <strong>make the gesture of doing something, but without specifying it<\/strong>.  The threat allows to show the intention to specify an action in the short term, being able to function as a <strong>threat<\/strong> or by way of <strong>cheated<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For example: <em>\"After threatening to hit his neighbor, the man calmed down, sat down and agreed to talk\"<\/em>, <em>\"There is no point in threatening to resign: if you want to leave, do it directly and do not waste time\"<\/em>, <em>\"Despite feigning not to abide by the coach's decisions, the player finally made himself available to the coaching staff\"<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Take the case of someone who <strong>threaten with hit<\/strong> to another <strong>person<\/strong>.  Your idea is <strong>frighten the other<\/strong>, but in reality he is not willing to carry out the attack.  What he does is feint by raising his arm and moving it as if he were about to launch the blow.<\/p>\n<p>Faking is a frequent practice in the field of <strong>sport<\/strong>.  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