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dissimulate

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11 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt/Part of speech verbSorted adeiilmsstuStarts with DEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. hide (feelings) from other people

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English dissimulat(e), dissimilat(e) (attested in Robert Henryson with an active sense, see the citation page), from dissimulātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

Used in a sentence

  • [P]ublic feeling required the meagreness of nature to be dissimulated by tall barricades of frizzed curls and bows.
  • That al thyng be forgiven to theim that be olde and broken, and to theim that be yonge and lusty to dissimulate for a time, and nothyng to be forgiuen to very yong children.
  • Where they may win ought : by fayre diſimilate ſhow, There they flickar, and flatter, in fauer to grow.

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