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dissemble
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synonyms: dissimulate, arrière-pensée, ~accismus ???
► definition
Definition:to conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs; to deceive---v.i. To put a clean shirt upon the character.Ambose Bierce. The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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Of course, he chanted with the rest; it was impossible to do otherwise. To dissemble your feelings, to control your face, to do what everyone else was doing, was an instinctive reaction.
George Orwell. 1984 (1949)
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You can hardly doubt the purport of my discourse, however your natural delicacy may lead you to dissemble;
Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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the common people here in Naples are not only both very suspicious of other men’s matters and manners, but also very jealous over other men’s children and maidens, either therefore dissemble thy fancy or desist from thy folly.
John Lyly. Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578)
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FACE. Yes, and that
You were born with a cawl on your head.
DAP. Who says so?
FACE. Come,
You know it well enough, though you dissemble it.
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"If he does, he dissembles his love. Edwin is Mrs. Ukridge's pet. He is the only subject on which they disagree.
P. G. Wodehouse. Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm (1909)
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