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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-sem-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɛm bəl

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Définition of dissemble

Origin :
  • early 15c. (implied in dissemblable), apparently a variant of Middle English dissimule (influenced by Middle French dessembler or English resemble), late 14c., from Old French dissimuler, from Latin dissimulare (see dissimulation). Related: Dissembled; dissembling.
  • verb disguise, pretend
Example sentences :
  • She had meant to wait; but, with his keen eyes on her, she could not dissemble.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • It was hard to dissemble still, to tempt him to say something that would madden me!
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • They consult, when they know not how to dissemble; they determine, when they cannot mistake.
  • Extract from : « Tacitus on Germany » by Tacitus
  • To dissemble this he had availed himself of the fact that Figaro was a Spaniard.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The contempt he did not trouble to dissemble served but to goad them on.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • "I see it is useless for me to dissemble," he said, in a low tone.
  • Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
  • Virgins, untaught to love or to dissemble, lifted adoring eyes.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • I was indignant, but I knew that I must dissemble, so I only laughed.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • But after consideration he spoke as if he thought it well to dissemble a great dislike of me.
  • Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
  • Indeed, however they may dissemble, the night is always their day.
  • Extract from : « At the Back of the North Wind » by George MacDonald

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