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    [Verb]  | "dis*sem*ble" | \ di-ˈsem-bəl \


    1: to hide under a false appearance

    2: to put on the appearance of : simulate

    3: to put on a false appearance : conceal facts, intentions, or feelings under some pretense


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English dissymbulen, dissymblen, probably reshaping of dissimulen in same sense (after resemblen "to {see: |resemble|resemble}," semblance {see: |semblance|semblance}, and like forms), borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French dissimuler, dissumuler "to hide under a false appearance," borrowed from Latin dissimulāre{mat|dissimulate|};

    [Verb]  | "dissembled" 


    1: to present a false appearance of;


      * e.g., " ... he dissembled happiness at the news that his old girlfriend was getting married—to someone else "



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    2: to take on a false or deceptive appearance;


      * e.g., " ... children learn to dissemble at a surprisingly early age "



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    [Verb]  | "dissemble" 


    1: to present a false appearance of;


      * e.g., " ... he dissembled happiness at the news that his old girlfriend was getting married—to someone else "



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    2: to take on a false or deceptive appearance;


      * e.g., " ... children learn to dissemble at a surprisingly early age "



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