dissembling
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Dissembling \Dis*sem"bling\, a. That dissembles; hypocritical; false. -- Dis*sem"bling*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Dissemble all your griefs and discontents.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love, But— why did you kick me down stairs? --J. P. Kemble.[1913 Webster]
2.To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign. [1913 Webster]
He soon dissembled a sleep.— Tatler.
Syn: To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See Conceal. [1913 Webster]