Definition of dissimulate Dissimulate

dis•sim•u•late

We found 10 definitions of dissimulate from 6 different sources.

What does dissimulate mean?

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Verb

dissimulates, dissimulating, dissimulated

dissimulate - hide (feelings) from other people

disguise, mask make unrecognizable; "The herb masks the garlic taste"; "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank"

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dissimulate (Verb)
To practise deception by concealment or omission or by feigning a false appearance.
dissimulate (Verb)
To hide or disguise by adopting a false appearance.
dissimulate (Verb)
To connive at; to wink at; to pretend not to notice.
dissimulate (Adjective)
Feigning; simulating; pretending.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

dissimulate (a.)
Feigning; simulating; pretending.
dissimulate (v. i.)
To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

dissimulate
To speak or behave hypocritically, unnaturally or affectedly.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

dissimulate
dis-sim′ū-lāt, v.t. to pretend the contrary of: to pretend falsely: to conceal.—v.i. to practise dissimulation, play the hypocrite.—ns. Dissimulā′tion, the act of dissembling: a hiding under a false appearance: false pretension: hypocrisy; Dissimulā′tor. [L. dissimulāre, -ātum, to dissimulate—dis, neg., similis, like.]

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dissimulate, verb, present, 1st person singular of dissimulate (infinitive).
dissimulate, verb (infinitive).

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