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Meanings of dissimulate in English

To speak or behave hypocritically, unnaturally or affectedly.

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Examples for "dissemble"
Examples for "dissemble"
1
The jailer could dissemble no longer: he came out with it bluntly.
Within an Inch of His Life
2
And my policy was to dissemble, like the man in a melodrama.
The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 / An Illustrated Mont...
3
The celebrants of Deicidal masses dissemble and declare themselves devoted to Christ.
Là-bas
4
He knew that he knew, and he did not dissemble the fact.
George Washington
5
But- Imakethe confession amid blushes- Icannotprevaricate, neither can I dissemble.
The House / An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer,...
Usage of dissimulate in English
1
What has grieved me most is being obliged to dissimulate so long.
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4
2
The valets being gone, Louvois did not dissimulate from the King his mission.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 1...
3
Let me advise your majesty to dissimulate your anger, and send conciliatory messages.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
4
He was too young to dissimulate, too young to spare them.
Georges Guynemer: Knight of the Air
5
David saw that he must speak, and he determined to dissimulate no longer.
A Williams Anthology / A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Wi...
6
Impossible that every one should possess every thing; therefore dissimulate your greed and divide.
The Subterranean Brotherhood
7
His tendency was to dissimulate the strongest of his feelings.
Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge ...
8
Isaacson strove to dissimulate his joy, Nigel to dissimulate his feeling of sudden loneliness.
Bella Donna: A Novel
9
And Kaunitz, not caring to dissimulate with Binder, gave vent to his exceeding joy.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
10
Have I fallen so low in your esteem that you can dissimulate before me?
The Confession of a Child of the Century — Volume 3
11
She could dissimulate, however, and when Marie-Anne went away, Mlle.
The Honor of the Name
12
Is it possible to dissimulate with persons whom we love?
The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 09
13
He took therefore every possible care to dissimulate as to the number of his troops.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 / (From the Ris...
14
Save me from the torture of being compelled to dissimulate, to lie, and to cheat.
Napoleon and Blücher: An Historical Novel
15
On the contrary, if you knew better how to dissimulate, I should be less happy.
The Red Lily — Volume 03
16
He asked himself what Marianne was thinking about, what she meant to say or dissimulate.
His Excellency the Minister
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