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Dissembleth

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Dissemble

DISSEMBLE, verb transitive [Latin]

1. To hide under a false appearance; to conceal; to disguise; to pretend that not to be which really is; as, I will not dissemble the truth; I cannot dissemble my real sentiments. [This is the proper sense of this word.]

2. To pretend that to be which is not; to make a false appearance of. This is the sense of simulate.

Your son Lucentio doth love my daughter, and she loveth him, or both dissemble deeply their affections.

DISSEMBLE, verb intransitive To be hypocritical; to assume a false appearance; to conceal the real fact, motives, intention or sentiments under some pretense.

Ye have stolen and dissembled also. Joshua 7:11.

He that hateth, dissembleth with his lips. Proverbs 26:1.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Dissembled

DISSEMBLED, participle passive Concealed under a false appearance; disguised.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Dissembler

DISSEMBLER, noun One who dissembles; a hypocrite; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance.


The Bible

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Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

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