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Webster 1913 Edition
Dissemble
Dis-sem′ble
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dissembled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dissembling
.] [OF.
dissembler
to be dissimilar; pref. dis-
(L. dis-
) + F. sembler
to seem, L. simulare
to simulate; cf. L. dissimulare
to dissemble. See Simulate
, and cf. Dissimulate
.] 1.
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. Shakespeare
Perhaps it was right to
But – why did you kick me down stairs?
dissemble
your love,But – why did you kick me down stairs?
J. P. Kemble.
2.
To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign.
Syn. – To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See
Conceal
. Dis-sem′ble
,Verb.
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. Prov. xxvi. 24.
He [an enemy]
dissembles
when he assumes an air of friendship. C. J. Smith.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dissemble
DISSEMBLE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To hide under a false appearance; to conceal; to disguise; to pretend that not to be which really is; as, I will not dissemble the truth; I cannot dissemble my real sentiments. [This is the proper sense of this word.]2.
To pretend that to be which is not; to make a false appearance of. This is the sense of simulate.Your son Lucentio doth love my daughter, and she loveth him, or both dissemble deeply their affections.
DISSEMBLE
,Verb.
I.
Ye have stolen and dissembled also. Joshua 7.
He that hateth, dissembleth with his lips. Proverbs 26.
Definition 2024
dissemble
dissemble
English
Verb
dissemble (third-person singular simple present dissembles, present participle dissembling, simple past and past participle dissembled)
- (transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
- Shakespeare
- Dissemble all your griefs and discontents.
- J. P. Kemble
- Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love.
- Shakespeare
- (transitive) To feign.
- 1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
- And like a lion, slumb'ring in the way,
- Or sleep-dissembling, while he waits his prey.
- Tatler
- He soon dissembled a sleep.
- 1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
- (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
- (intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.
- XVII century, John Dryden, Cymon And Iphigenia; from Boccace
- While to his arms the blushing bride he took,
- To seeming sadness she composed her look;
- As if by force subjected to his will,
- Though pleased, dissembling, and a woman still.
- XVII century, John Dryden, Cymon And Iphigenia; from Boccace
Translations
to disguise or conceal something
Translations
to feign
|
to deliberately ignore something
to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings