Dissimulate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Dissimulate is a verb meaning (intransitive) To practise deception by concealment or omission, or by feigning a false appearance; to dissemble.
Meaning
(intransitive) To practise deception by concealment or omission, or by feigning a false appearance; to dissemble.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To disguise or hide by adopting a false appearance; to dissemble.
- (transitive, rare) To connive at; to wink at; to pretend not to notice.
- (obsolete) Feigned, simulated, pretended, false.
Example Sentences
Where they may win ought : by fayre diſimilate ſhow, There they flickar, and flatter, in fauer to grow.
[P]ublic feeling required the meagreness of nature to be dissimulated by tall barricades of frizzed curls and bows.
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.
Word Forms
- dissimulates
- dissimulating
- dissimulated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dissimule, disguise, dissemble, occult, feign, disguize.
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