Definition of Dissemble

Disobey

DISSEMBLE verb, intransitive

	To put a clean shirt upon the character. Let us dissemble. Adam

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

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DISSEMBLE:
d??sembl v. 1 intr. conceal one's motives; talk or act hypocritically. 2 tr. a disguise or conceal (a feeling, intention, act, etc.). b simulate (dissembled grief in public). øødissemblance n. dissembler n. dissemblingly adv. [ME, alt. after semblance of obs. dissimule f. OF dissimuler f. L dissimulare (as DIS-, SIMULATE)]

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