DISSEMBLE


Meaning of DISSEMBLE in English

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).

Derivatives:

dissemblance n. dissembler n. dissemblingly adv.

Etymology: ME, alt. after semblance of obs. dissimule f. OF dissimuler f. L dissimulare (as DIS-, SIMULATE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.