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dissemble
(encz) | dissemble,předstírat v: Zdeněk Brož |
dissemble
(encz) | dissemble,přetvařovat se v: Zdeněk Brož |
Dissemble
(gcide) | Dissemble \Dis*sem"ble\, v. i.
To conceal the real fact, motives, intention, or sentiments,
under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the
hypocrite.
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He that hateth dissembleth with his lips. --Prov. xxvi.
24.
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He [an enemy] dissembles when he assumes an air of
friendship. --C. J. Smith.
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Dissemble
(gcide) | 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.
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Dissemble all your griefs and discontents. --Shak.
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Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love,
But -- why did you kick me down stairs? --J. P.
Kemble.
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2. To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to
simulate; to feign.
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He soon dissembled a sleep. --Tatler.
Syn: To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See
Conceal.
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dissemble
(wn) | dissemble
v 1: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that
he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: feign, sham,
pretend, affect, dissemble]
2: hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment"
[syn: dissemble, cloak, mask]
3: behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" [syn:
dissemble, pretend, act] |
dissemble
(devil) | DISSEMBLE, v.i. To put a clean shirt upon the character.
Let us dissemble.
Adam
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dissemble
(encz) | dissemble,předstírat v: Zdeněk Broždissemble,přetvařovat se v: Zdeněk Brož |
dissembled
(encz) | dissembled, |
dissembler
(encz) | dissembler,pokrytec n: Zdeněk Broždissembler,simulant n: Zdeněk Brož |
Dissembled
(gcide) | 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.
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Dissemble all your griefs and discontents. --Shak.
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Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love,
But -- why did you kick me down stairs? --J. P.
Kemble.
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2. To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to
simulate; to feign.
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He soon dissembled a sleep. --Tatler.
Syn: To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See
Conceal.
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Dissembler
(gcide) | Dissembler \Dis*sem"bler\, n.
One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or
dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite.
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It is the weakest sort of politicians that are the
greatest dissemblers. --Bacon.
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Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here. --Pope.
Syn: Dissembler, Hypocrite.
Usage: A person is called a dissembler with reference to his
concealment of his real character, and a hypocrite
with reference to his assumption of a false character.
But hypocrite is the stronger word, being commonly
used to characterize a person who is habitually
insincere and false, especially one who makes
professions of goodness when his aims are selfish and
his life corrupt.
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Undissembled
(gcide) | Undissembled \Undissembled\
See dissembled.
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dissemble
(wn) | dissemble
v 1: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that
he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: feign, sham,
pretend, affect, dissemble]
2: hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment"
[syn: dissemble, cloak, mask]
3: behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" [syn:
dissemble, pretend, act] |
dissembler
(wn) | dissembler
n 1: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she
does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings
or motives [syn: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator,
phony, phoney, pretender] |
dissemble
(devil) | DISSEMBLE, v.i. To put a clean shirt upon the character.
Let us dissemble.
Adam
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