Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dissembling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Dissemble all your griefs and discontents. --Shak.
Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love, But --
why did you kick me down stairs? --J. P.
Kemble.
2. To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to
simulate; to feign.
He soon dissembled a sleep. --Tatler.
Syn: To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See
{Conceal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dissembling \Dis*sem"bling\, a.
That dissembles; hypocritical; false. -- {Dis*sem"bling*ly},
adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dissembling
adj : concealing under a false appearance with the intent to
deceive; "dissimulative arts" [syn: {dissimulating}, {dissimulative}]
n 1: pretending with intention to deceive [syn: {pretense}, {pretence},
{feigning}]
2: the act of deceiving [syn: {deception}, {deceit}, {dissimulation}]
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