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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dissemble \Dis*sem"ble\, v. 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. --Shak. Perhaps it was right to 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. He soon dissembled a sleep. --Tatler. Syn: To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See {Conceal}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dissembling \Dis*sem"bling\, a. That dissembles; hypocritical; false. -- {Dis*sem"bling*ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dissembling adj : concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive; "dissimulative arts" [syn: {dissimulating}, {dissimulative}] n 1: pretending with intention to deceive [syn: {pretense}, {feigning}] 2: the act of deceiving [syn: {deception}, {deceit}, {dissimulation}]
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