transitive verb dissembled, dissembling
- to conceal under a false appearance; disguise: to dissemble fear by smiling
- Obsolete to pretend to be in a state of; simulate; feign: to dissemble innocence
- Obsolete to pretend not to notice; ignore
Origin:
ME dissemblen < OFr dessembler < des-, dis- + sembler < L simulare: see simulate
intransitive verb
to conceal the truth, or one's true feelings, motives, etc., by pretense; behave hypocritically