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dissemble (verb), dissembles; dissembled; dissembling
1. To disguise with a false appearance in order to conceal facts, feelings, or intentions: When Jennifer’s father asked her what was wrong, she dissembled and told him that her friend was caught cheating on a test in class, when in reality, Jennifer was the one who was being dishonest.
2. To make a false show of; to feign; to put on the appearance of something not actually felt or true: Joe dissembled by pretending to have a good time at the party even though his girlfriend had just left him.
3. To disguise or to conceal one's real nature, motives, or emotional condition behind a false appearance: Hayden's friend continued to dissemble his real feelings with his misleading positive comments and behavior regarding his wife's leaving him for another man.
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2. To make a false show of; to feign; to put on the appearance of something not actually felt or true: Joe dissembled by pretending to have a good time at the party even though his girlfriend had just left him.
3. To disguise or to conceal one's real nature, motives, or emotional condition behind a false appearance: Hayden's friend continued to dissemble his real feelings with his misleading positive comments and behavior regarding his wife's leaving him for another man.
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dis-, di-, dif-
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simal-, simil-, simul-, -semble
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