Sekirov Dictionary

dissimulate

/dɪˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt/

verb 3
adjective 1
forms 3

verb3

To practise deception by concealment or omission, or by feigning a false appearance; to dissemble.
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To disguise or hide by adopting a false appearance; to dissemble.
- [P]ublic feeling required the meagreness of nature to be dissimulated by tall barricades of frizzed curls and bows. — 1871
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(rare) To connive at; to wink at; to pretend not to notice.
- That al thyng be forgiven to theim that be olde and broken, and to theim that be yonge and lusty to dissimulate for a time, and nothyng to be forgiuen to very yong children. — 1533

adjective1

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(no longer used) Feigned, simulated, pretended, false.
- Where they may win ought : by fayre disimilate show, There they flickar, and flatter, in fauer to grow. — 1556

forms

dissimulated · dissimulating · dissimulates

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