Meaning dissemble
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dissemble(v.) to conceal, fake (Not wanting to appear heartlessly greedy, she dissembled and hid her intention to sell her ailing father’s stamp collection.)
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dissemblemake believe with the intent to deceive Pictures have always dissembled – there are millions of snaps of miserable families grinning bravely – but now they directly lie. — The Guardian (Dec 4, 2010) [..]
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dissembleearly 15c. (implied in dissemblable), apparently a variant of Middle English dissimule (influenced by Middle French dessembler or English resemble), late 14c., from Old French dissimuler, from Latin d [..]
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dissemblev. To hide by pretending something different.
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dissembleHide under a false appearance.
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dissemble(v) make believe with the intent to deceive(v) hide under a false appearance(v) behave unnaturally or affectedly
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dissemble
(transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
* Shakespeare
*: Dissemble all your griefs and discontents.
* J. P. Kemble
*: Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love.
(transitive) To feign. [..]
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