C2verb · transitive · rare

dissemble

dissemble · dissembles · dissembled · dissembling

притворяться, скрывать, игнорировать, лицемерить

verbergen, vortäuschen, verhehlen, sich nichts anmerken lassen

To disguise or conceal somethingTo disguise or conceal something.

/dɪˈsɛmbəl/

» They dissembled the elephants to sell their tusks.

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To disguise or conceal something.
verbergen
скрыва́тьskryvátʹ
(transitive)To feign, dissimulate.
vortäuschen
притворя́тьсяpritvorjátʹsja
(transitive)To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
verbergen, verhehlen
игнори́роватьignorírovatʹ
(intransitive)To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.
sich nichts anmerken lassen, sich verstellen, heucheln
лицемеритьlicemeritʹ, притворя́тьсяpritvorjátʹsja

More definitions

behave unnaturally or affectedly
hide under a false appearance
make believe with the intent to deceive

Examples

2 sentences

They dissembled the elephants to sell their tusks.
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Dissemble all your griefs and discontents.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 4

to disguise or conceal something:

to feign:

to deliberately ignore something:

to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

to disguise or conceal something:

to feign:

to deliberately ignore something:

to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings:

Origin

First attested in the beginning of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Mid

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.

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