"undissemble" meaning in English

See undissemble in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: undissembles [present, singular, third-person], undissembling [participle, present], undissembled [participle, past], undissembled [past]
Etymology: From un- + dissemble. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|dissemble|id1=reversive}} un- + dissemble Head templates: {{en-verb}} undissemble (third-person singular simple present undissembles, present participle undissembling, simple past and past participle undissembled)
  1. (reflexive, archaic, rare) To reveal one's dissimulation; to admit to lying. Tags: archaic, rare, reflexive

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities\nWhat inscrutable thing was it, that so suddenly had seized him, and made him a falsifyer—ay, a falsifyer and nothing less—to his own dearly-beloved, and confiding mother? […] But, nevertheless, on strict introspection, he felt, that he would not willingly have it otherwise; not willingly would he now undissemble himself in this matter to his mother."
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        "(reflexive, archaic, rare) To reveal one's dissimulation; to admit to lying."
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