"dissemble" meaning in English

See dissemble in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈsɛmbəl/, [dɪˈsɛmbɫ̩] Audio: en-us-dissemble.ogg Forms: dissembles [present, singular, third-person], dissembling [participle, present], dissembled [participle, past], dissembled [past]
Etymology: A modification of dissimule after resemble and semblance. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sem-}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} dissemble (third-person singular simple present dissembles, present participle dissembling, simple past and past participle dissembled)
  1. (transitive) To disguise or conceal something. Tags: transitive Translations (to disguise or conceal something): прикривам (prikrivam) (Bulgarian), verbergen (German), dissimulō (Latin), oblīquō (Latin), dissimulen (Middle English), ukrywać (Polish), maskować (Polish), symulować (Polish), скрыва́ть (skryvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), disimular (Spanish), dölja (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dissemble-en-verb-L7uPjEQC Categories (other): Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 11 9 39 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 12 40 37 Disambiguation of 'to disguise or conceal something': 96 2 1 2
  2. (transitive) To feign, dissimulate. Tags: transitive Translations (to feign): преструвам се (prestruvam se) (Bulgarian), vortäuschen (German), whakangaio (Maori), whakakikoika (Maori), whakangehengehe (english: Refers only to feigning illness) (Maori), fingir (Spanish), låtsas (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dissemble-en-verb-hyTOBS6E Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 12 40 37 Disambiguation of 'to feign': 2 92 4 2
  3. (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice. Tags: transitive Synonyms: disregard, take no notice of, ignore Translations (to deliberately ignore something): правя се че не виждам (pravja se če ne viždam) (Bulgarian), verbergen (German), verhehlen (German), whātuturi (Maori), whakatuturi (Maori), whakaturi (Maori), whakangongo (Maori), (Maori), dissimulen (Middle English), ignorować (Polish), udawać (Polish), игнори́ровать (ignorírovatʹ) (Russian), ignorera (Swedish), låtsas som att inte (Swedish)
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  4. (intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings. Tags: intransitive Translations (to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings): лицемеря (licemerja) (Bulgarian), sich nichts anmerken lassen (German), sich verstellen (German), heucheln (German), dissimulen (Middle English), ukrywać (Polish), лицемерить (licemeritʹ) (Russian), притворя́ться (pritvorjátʹsja) (Russian), disimular (Spanish), förställa sig (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dissembler, undissembled

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice."
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          "roman": "pravja se če ne viždam",
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          "word": "правя се че не виждам"
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          "word": "udawać"
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          "roman": "ignorírovatʹ",
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          "word": "игнори́ровать"
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          "text": "VVhile to his Arms the bluſhing Bride he took; / To ſeeming Sadneſs ſhe compoſ'd her Look; / As if by Force ſubjected to his VVill, / Tho' pleaſ'd, diſſembling, and a VVoman ſtill.",
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          "word": "лицемерить"
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          "roman": "pritvorjátʹsja",
          "sense": "to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings",
          "word": "притворя́ться"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings",
          "word": "disimular"
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          "text": "Dearly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in ſundry places to acknowledge, and confeſs our manifold ſins and wickedneſs, and that we ſhould not diſſemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father, […]",
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          "text": "And like a lion, slumb'ring in the way, / Or sleep-dissembling, while he waits his prey.",
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          "ref": "1710 May 27 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Tuesday, May 16, 1710”, in The Tatler, number 172; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume III, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC:",
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        "(transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice."
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          "text": "VVhile to his Arms the bluſhing Bride he took; / To ſeeming Sadneſs ſhe compoſ'd her Look; / As if by Force ſubjected to his VVill, / Tho' pleaſ'd, diſſembling, and a VVoman ſtill.",
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          "text": "[…] She transferr'd the curs'd Advice, / That Monarchs ſhould their inward Soul diſguise, / Diſſemble, and command; be falſe, and wiſe; / By ignominous Arts for ſervile Ends / Should compliment their Foes, and ſhun their Friends.",
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        "(intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings."
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "prikrivam",
      "sense": "to disguise or conceal something",
      "word": "прикривам"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to disguise or conceal something",
      "word": "dissimulen"
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      "sense": "to disguise or conceal something",
      "word": "ukrywać"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to disguise or conceal something",
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to disguise or conceal something",
      "word": "symulować"
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      "word": "скрыва́ть"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to disguise or conceal something",
      "word": "disimular"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to disguise or conceal something",
      "word": "dölja"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prestruvam se",
      "sense": "to feign",
      "word": "преструвам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to feign",
      "word": "vortäuschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to feign",
      "word": "whakangaio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to feign",
      "word": "whakakikoika"
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to feign",
      "word": "whakangehengehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to feign",
      "word": "fingir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to feign",
      "word": "låtsas"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pravja se če ne viždam",
      "sense": "to deliberately ignore something",
      "word": "правя се че не виждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to deliberately ignore something",
      "word": "verbergen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to deliberately ignore something",
      "word": "verhehlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to deliberately ignore something",
      "word": "whātuturi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to deliberately ignore something",
      "word": "whakatuturi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to deliberately ignore something",
      "word": "whakaturi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to deliberately ignore something",
      "word": "whakangongo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to deliberately ignore something",
      "word": "pī"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to deliberately ignore something",
      "word": "dissimulen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to deliberately ignore something",
      "word": "ignorować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to deliberately ignore something",
      "word": "udawać"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ignorírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to deliberately ignore something",
      "word": "игнори́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to deliberately ignore something",
      "word": "ignorera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to deliberately ignore something",
      "word": "låtsas som att inte"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "licemerja",
      "sense": "to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings",
      "word": "лицемеря"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings",
      "word": "sich nichts anmerken lassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings",
      "word": "sich verstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings",
      "word": "heucheln"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings",
      "word": "dissimulen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings",
      "word": "ukrywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "licemeritʹ",
      "sense": "to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings",
      "word": "лицемерить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pritvorjátʹsja",
      "sense": "to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings",
      "word": "притворя́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings",
      "word": "disimular"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings",
      "word": "förställa sig"
    }
  ],
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}

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