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dissemble

English

Etymology

From Latin dissimulare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d??s?mb??]

Verb

dissemble (third-person singular simple present dissembles, present participle dissembling, simple past and past participle dissembled)

  1. (transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
    • 1788, John Philip Kemble, The Panel
      Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love.
  2. (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.
    • May 16, 1710, Isaac Bickerstaff (pseudonym for Richard Steele or (in some later numbers of the journal) Joseph Addison), The Tatler No. 172
      He soon dissembled a sleep.
  3. (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
  4. (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.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with disassemble (take apart).

Synonyms

  • (to pretend not to notice): disregard, take no notice of; see also Thesaurus:ignore

Translations

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harbouring

English

Verb

harbouring

  1. present participle of harbour

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