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dissemble

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9 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈsɛmbəl/Part of speech verbSorted bdeeilmssStarts with DEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. make believe with the intent to deceive

Word origin

First attested in the beginning of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dissemblen, dissimblen, dissemelen, borrowed from Old French dessambler, dissembler, disembler, itself borrowed from Latin dissimulō and modified after sembler, semblance, etc. Doublet of dissimulate, dissimilate, and dissimule. Displaced native Old English mīþan.

Used in a sentence

  • Dissemble all your griefs and discontents.
  • Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love.
  • And like a Lyon, Slumbring in the vvay, / Or Sleep-diſſembling, vvhile he vvaits his Prey, […]

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