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)