Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Fíng-ere, v. a. (pass. fin-si, Fíng-se, Fíng-sero, part. Fíng-to,)
1. to feign, devise, contrive, invent, forge. V. inventare; 2. to feign, dissemble, pretend, counterfeit, make as if, &c.; s. m. Fíng-itóre, f. Fíng-itríce;adj. Fíng-énte.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
fingere: to faigne, to forge, to counterfeit, to dissemble.