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/dɪsˈɛmbəl/ Listen

verb

Dissemble v. t. (past & past part. dissembled; pres. part. dissembling)

To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask. "Dissemble all your griefs and discontents." "Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love, But why did you kick me down stairs?"

To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign. "He soon dissembled a sleep."

Synonyms: To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See Conceal.

Dissemble v. i. To conceal the real fact, motives, intention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite. "He that hateth dissembleth with his lips." "He (an enemy) dissembles when he assumes an air of friendship."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dissemble" Quotes from Famous Books

... you felt me tremble, In vain would formal art dissemble All we then looked and thought; 'Twas more than tongue could dare reveal, 'Twas every thing that young hearts feel, By Love ...

— The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore • Thomas Moore et al

... dissemble her admiration of this effect. "Isn't it artistic?" she demanded of the company at large. "Jemmy saw a table like this in the ladies' page of a magazine, and she ...

— Kildares of Storm • Eleanor Mercein Kelly

... a rare qualification," replied I, "and I would give worlds to possess it. Then, it appears that it is needless to dissemble with you, since you can at any time extract our most secret thoughts from our bosoms. You ...

— The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner • James Hogg

... and so emphatically that both of his hearers jumped in their seats. He made haste to dissemble. "Of course, I'd much rather have you do that than to break your neck rolling over a precipice or something of the sort in a ...

— The Prince of Graustark • George Barr McCutcheon

... only can judge of the character of a people who comes among them without claim to their attention, and from whom they have nothing to expect. To such a person only do they appear in their true colours, because they do not find it worth while to dissemble and wear a mask in his presence. In these cases the traveller is certainly apt to make painful discoveries; but when, on the other hand, he meets with good people, he may be certain of their sincerity; and so I must beg my honoured readers to bear with ...

— Visit to Iceland - and the Scandinavian North • Ida Pfeiffer

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