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undiˈssembled, ppl. a. [un-1 8.] 1. Not feigned or pretended; genuine.
1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 97 A reall undissembled Faith. 1697Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. i. (1703) 170 An infallible proof of a natural and undissembled goodness. 1748W. Melmoth Fitzosborne Lett. lv. (1749) II. 73 Tell me then, with the same undissembled sincerity [etc.]. 1804Larwood No Gun Boats 10 Caparisoned for undissembled Field-of-Battle contest. 2. Not disguised or concealed; evident.
1671Milton Samson 400 She purpos'd to betray me, and (which was worse Then undissembl'd hate) with what contempt [etc.]. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. lxxvi, Emilia..listened to his protestations with undissembled pleasure. 1814Scott Wav. xxix, Callum..enjoyed, with undissembled glee, the ridiculous figure of Mr. Cruickshanks. 1850Hawthorne Scarlet L. xi, The anguish in his inmost soul, and the undissembled expression of it in his aspect. Hence undiˈssembledness.
1681Kettlewell Chr. Obed. iii. viii. 301 The sincerity and undissembledness of our faculties. |