dissemble

  • 31dissemble — /dasembal/ To conceal by assuming some false appearance …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 32dissemble — /dasembal/ To conceal by assuming some false appearance …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 33dissemble — see SIMILAR …

    Word origins

  • 34dissemble — 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 …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 35disassemble, dissemble —     It would almost have been cheaper to dissemble the factory and move it to Wales (Sunday Times). Actually, no. Unlike dissociate and disassociate, which mean the same thing, dissemble and disassemble have quite separate meanings. Dissemble… …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 36disassemble, dissemble —     It would almost have been cheaper to dissemble the factory and move it to Wales (Sunday Times). Actually, no. Unlike dissociate and disassociate, which mean the same thing, dissemble and disassemble have quite separate meanings. Dissemble… …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 37disassemble / dissemble —    Disassemble means to take apart.    Dissemble means to mislead or deceive , as to dissemble about disassembling the bicycle …

    Confused words

  • 38disassemble / dissemble —    Disassemble means to take apart.    Dissemble means to mislead or deceive , as to dissemble about disassembling the bicycle …

    Confused words

  • 39Dissembled — Dissemble Dis*sem ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissembled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissembling}.] [OF. dissembler to be dissimilar; pref. dis (L. dis ) + F. sembler to seem, L. simulare to simulate; cf. L. dissimulare to dissemble. See {Simulate}, and cf …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 40Dissembling — Dissemble Dis*sem ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissembled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissembling}.] [OF. dissembler to be dissimilar; pref. dis (L. dis ) + F. sembler to seem, L. simulare to simulate; cf. L. dissimulare to dissemble. See {Simulate}, and cf …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English