dissemblev.¹

/dɪˈsɛmb(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1500s dissimble, Scottish -sembill, dyssembul, dyssymble, 1600s desemble.

Etymology: apparently a later form of dissimule v., through the intermediate stages dissimill, dissimble, influenced perhaps by resemble. (There is no corresponding form in French: compare the next two words.)

1. transitive. To alter or disguise the semblance of (one's character, a feeling, design, or action) so as to conceal, or deceive as to, its real nature; to give a false or feigned semblance to; to cloak or disguise by a feigned appearance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > present speciously [verb (transitive)] > conceal real state

dissimulec1374

feigna1393

shroud1412

abuse?a1439

counterfeit1490

cloak1509

dissemblea1535

maska1593

dissimulate1610

disguisea1616

pretext1634

mascherate1654

veil1700

camouflage1917

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 65/1 Some..not able to dissemble theyr sorow, were faine at his backe to turne their face to the wall.

1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Morninge Prayer sig. .i^v That we should not dissemble nor cloke them [sc. our sins] before the face of almighty God.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 715 Among the Bodies..was found a Woman, who had dissembled her Sex, both in courage and a military Habit.

1709 Tatler No. 32. ⁋4 With an Air of great Distance, mixed with a certain Indifference, by which he could dissemble Dissimulation.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xlvi. 723 He dissembled his perfidious designs.

1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru I. iii. iii. 370 He was well pleased with the embassy, and dissembled his consciousness of its real purpose.

1860 R. W. Emerson Behaviour in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 159 How many furtive inclinations avowed by the eye, though dissembled by the lips!

†2. To disguise. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > conceal by disguise [verb (transitive)]

beclout?c1225

disguisea1375

veilc1384

dissimule1485

counterfeit1490

dissemble?1507

guisea1510

wry1567

discountenance1574

conceal1598

belie1610

dislikena1616

obvolve1623

transvest1649

travesty1665

mask1847

camouflage1917

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > disguise oneself [verb (reflexive)]

disguise1340

dissimule1485

dissemble?1507

?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 47 I wes dissymblit suttelly in a sanctis liknes.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 283/1 Though he dissembled himselfe to bee a Lutherane whyle he was here, yete as sone as he gate him hence, he gate him to Luther strayght.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. ii. 4 Ile put it on, and I will dissemble my selfe in't, and I would I were the first that euer dissembled in such a gowne.

1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies 21 Their deformity appeared through the finest colors he could dissemble it with.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 588 Dissembling her immortal Form, she [sc. Juturna] took Camertus Meen.

a. To pretend not to see or notice; to pass over, neglect, ignore.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > allow to pass unnoticed

to look through ——OE

to let (something) overpassa1375

overpassa1382

unseea1395

forgoa1400

balkc1440

dissimulea1450

pass?c1475

dissemblea1500

dissimulatea1533

to wink at1535

nod1607

connive1641

beholdc1650

to wink against1653

to shut one's eyes to (also against, on)a1711

blink1742

a1500 [implied in: Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1950 Al..ther gilt he knowith..and ȝhit he hyme with-drowith Them to repref..And this It is wich that dissemblyng hot. (at dissembling n.)].

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 823 Wherfore he determined to dissemble [ Hall dissimule] the matter as though he knew nothing.

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 233 I will not urge..the Pope's..authority..I will dissemble that excellency.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 62 Some light faults let them dissemble as though they knewe them not, & seeing them let them not seeme to see them.

1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. Dissolution World viii. 179 I must not here dissemble a great Difficulty.

1701 Wallis 24 Sept. in S. Pepys Mem. It hath been too late to dissemble my being an old man.

1703 N. Rowe Ulysses i. i. 75 Learn to dissemble Wrongs.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xlii. 451 Philip..seemed to dissemble the daily insults and injuries which he received from the English.

b. with clause: To shut one's eyes to the fact.

ΚΠ

1554 N. Ridley Brief Declar. Lordes Supper in Wks. 41 It is neither to be denied, nor dissembled that..there be diuerse points wherein men..canne not agree.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 11 It cannot be dissembled, that..it hath pleased God [etc.].

1692 J. Ray Dissol. World (1732) ii. ii. 107 I must not dissemble or deny, that in the Summer-time the Vapours do ascend.

a1831 A. Knox Remains (1844) I. 54 It cannot be dissembled, that..the House of Commons seems to feel no other principle than that of vulgar policy.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire (ed. 2) i. 8 No attempt is made in these pages to dissemble in how much he was condemnable.

c. intransitive const. with.

ΚΠ

?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye iii. sig. h6 These holye doctoures..thought it not best..to condemnne all thinges indifferentlye. But to suffre and dissemble with the lesse.

a. absol. or intransitive. To conceal one's intentions, opinions, etc. under a feigned guise; ‘to use false professions, to play the hypocrite’ (Johnson).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [verb (intransitive)]

letc1000

faitc1330

counterfeitc1374

dissimulec1374

feignc1400

showc1405

supposea1450

fare1483

simule?a1500

dissemble1523

pretend1526

frame1545

cloakc1572

jouk1573

pretent1582

disguisea1586

devise1600

semble1603

coin1607

insimulate1623

fox1646

sham1787

dissimulate1796

gammon1819

to let on1822

simulate1823

possum1832

simulacrize1845

to put on an act1929

to put on (also up) a show1937

prat1967

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxxx. 216 Therfore the duke dissembled for the pleasur of the prouost.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. xi. 53 He dyssembled in all that euer he spake.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 9 Tel Whom thou lou'st best: see thou dissemble not.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 467 The subtle Fiend..Dissembl'd, and this Answer smooth return'd.

1713 J. Addison Cato i. ii I must dissemble, And speak a language foreign to my heart.

1852 H. W. Longfellow Warden Cinque Ports xi He did not pause to parley nor dissemble.

b. const. with: To use dissimulation with.

ΚΠ

1621 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (new ed.) i. sig. K7^v I dissemble not with you..for you shall finde it and proue it to be true.

1667 M. Poole Dialogue between Popish Priest & Protestant (1735) 83 I will not dissemble with you, they do not.

1718 Free-thinker No. 75. 1 He who dissembles with, or betrays one Man, would betray every Man.

1829 R. Southey All for Love vi. 65 Dissemble not with me thus.

†5.

a. transitive. To put on a feigned or false appearance of; to feign, pretend, simulate. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, simulate, feign [verb (transitive)]

mitheeOE

bipechec1000

huec1000

feigna1300

unlikena1382

counterfeitc1400

pretend1402

dissimulec1430

dissimule1483

simule?a1500

semble1530

counterfeit1534

dissemblea1538

suppose1566

countenance1590

mock1595

assume1604

to put on1625

assimulate1630

personate1631

to take on1645

simulate1652

forge1752

sham1775

possum1850

to turn on1865

fake1889

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 61 Men may dyssembyl & fayne grete poverty whire as non ys.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 467 You were not your selfe ignoraunt, albeit you dissembled the contrary.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 304 This Creature..that can dissemble death so naturally.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 83. ⁋2 I'm lost if you don't dissemble a little Love for me.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1752 I. 127 To suppose that Johnson's fondness for her was dissembled.

†b. with infinitive or clause. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1571 G. Buchanan Admonitioun Trew Lordis sig. A.3^v Pepill..yat professis yame selfis in deid, and dissemblis in worde to be Enemeis to God, to Iustice and to zow.

1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. 60 The King dissembled that his Coat of Mayl was not fit for him.

1813 T. Busby tr. Lucretius Nature of Things iv. 913 Fancy..Lost friends, past joys, dissembleth to restore.

†c. To feign or pretend (some one) to be something. Also with ellipsis of the infinitive, or of both object and infinitive. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck i. sig. B2^v Charles of Fraunce..Dissembled him the lawfull heire of England.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 97 John Scott dissembled himself an English-man.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 176 Esteemed a Jew though he dissembled the Christian.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 246 Moores who dissembled Christians.

†d. figurative. To simulate by imitation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > simulation > simulate [verb (transitive)]

belikec1275

counterfeitc1374

imitate1598

dissemble1697

to go through the motions1816

to mock up1914

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 460 The Gold, dissembl'd well their yellow Hair.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	dissemble
释义	† dissemblen. Etymology: < dissemble v.¹ Obsolete. rare. The act of dissembling, dissimulation. (In quot. c1480 personified.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] foxingc1220 feignc1320 faintise1340 simulation1340 dissimulingc1374 likenessc1384 dissimulationc1386 coverture1393 dissemblationc1425 assimulationa1450 dissemblec1480 fiction1483 dissemblinga1500 irony1502 dissimulance1508 dissembly?c1550 blindation1588 counterfeisance1590 misseeming1590 supposing1596 dissemblance1602 guise1662 dissimulating1794 make-believe1794 representation1805 sham-Abra(ha)m1828 make-belief1837 pretence1862 make-believing1867 postiche1876 kid-stakes1916 smoke and mirrors1980 c1480 Crt. of Love 1191 Dissemble stood not fer from him in trouth, With party mantill, party hood and hose. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). dissemblev.¹ /dɪˈsɛmb(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1500s dissimble, Scottish -sembill, dyssembul, dyssymble, 1600s desemble. Etymology: apparently a later form of dissimule v., through the intermediate stages dissimill, dissimble, influenced perhaps by resemble. (There is no corresponding form in French: compare the next two words.) 1. transitive. To alter or disguise the semblance of (one's character, a feeling, design, or action) so as to conceal, or deceive as to, its real nature; to give a false or feigned semblance to; to cloak or disguise by a feigned appearance. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > present speciously [verb (transitive)] > conceal real state dissimulec1374 feigna1393 shroud1412 abuse?a1439 counterfeit1490 cloak1509 dissemblea1535 maska1593 dissimulate1610 disguisea1616 pretext1634 mascherate1654 veil1700 camouflage1917 a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 65/1 Some..not able to dissemble theyr sorow, were faine at his backe to turne their face to the wall. 1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Morninge Prayer sig. .i^v That we should not dissemble nor cloke them [sc. our sins] before the face of almighty God. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 715 Among the Bodies..was found a Woman, who had dissembled her Sex, both in courage and a military Habit. 1709 Tatler No. 32. ⁋4 With an Air of great Distance, mixed with a certain Indifference, by which he could dissemble Dissimulation. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xlvi. 723 He dissembled his perfidious designs. 1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru I. iii. iii. 370 He was well pleased with the embassy, and dissembled his consciousness of its real purpose. 1860 R. W. Emerson Behaviour in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 159 How many furtive inclinations avowed by the eye, though dissembled by the lips! †2. To disguise. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > conceal by disguise [verb (transitive)] beclout?c1225 disguisea1375 veilc1384 dissimule1485 counterfeit1490 dissemble?1507 guisea1510 wry1567 discountenance1574 conceal1598 belie1610 dislikena1616 obvolve1623 transvest1649 travesty1665 mask1847 camouflage1917 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > disguise oneself [verb (reflexive)] disguise1340 dissimule1485 dissemble?1507 ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 47 I wes dissymblit suttelly in a sanctis liknes. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 283/1 Though he dissembled himselfe to bee a Lutherane whyle he was here, yete as sone as he gate him hence, he gate him to Luther strayght. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. ii. 4 Ile put it on, and I will dissemble my selfe in't, and I would I were the first that euer dissembled in such a gowne. View more context for this quotation 1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies 21 Their deformity appeared through the finest colors he could dissemble it with. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 588 Dissembling her immortal Form, she [sc. Juturna] took Camertus Meen. 3. a. To pretend not to see or notice; to pass over, neglect, ignore. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > allow to pass unnoticed to look through ——OE to let (something) overpassa1375 overpassa1382 unseea1395 forgoa1400 balkc1440 dissimulea1450 pass?c1475 dissemblea1500 dissimulatea1533 to wink at1535 nod1607 connive1641 beholdc1650 to wink against1653 to shut one's eyes to (also against, on)a1711 blink1742 a1500 [implied in: Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1950 Al..ther gilt he knowith..and ȝhit he hyme with-drowith Them to repref..And this It is wich that dissemblyng hot. (at dissembling n.)]. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 823 Wherfore he determined to dissemble [ Hall dissimule] the matter as though he knew nothing. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 233 I will not urge..the Pope's..authority..I will dissemble that excellency. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 62 Some light faults let them dissemble as though they knewe them not, & seeing them let them not seeme to see them. 1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. Dissolution World viii. 179 I must not here dissemble a great Difficulty. 1701 Wallis 24 Sept. in S. Pepys Mem. It hath been too late to dissemble my being an old man. 1703 N. Rowe Ulysses i. i. 75 Learn to dissemble Wrongs. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xlii. 451 Philip..seemed to dissemble the daily insults and injuries which he received from the English. b. with clause: To shut one's eyes to the fact. ΚΠ 1554 N. Ridley Brief Declar. Lordes Supper in Wks. 41 It is neither to be denied, nor dissembled that..there be diuerse points wherein men..canne not agree. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 11 It cannot be dissembled, that..it hath pleased God [etc.]. 1692 J. Ray Dissol. World (1732) ii. ii. 107 I must not dissemble or deny, that in the Summer-time the Vapours do ascend. a1831 A. Knox Remains (1844) I. 54 It cannot be dissembled, that..the House of Commons seems to feel no other principle than that of vulgar policy. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire (ed. 2) i. 8 No attempt is made in these pages to dissemble in how much he was condemnable. c. intransitive const. with. ΚΠ ?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye iii. sig. h6 These holye doctoures..thought it not best..to condemnne all thinges indifferentlye. But to suffre and dissemble with the lesse. 4. a. absol. or intransitive. To conceal one's intentions, opinions, etc. under a feigned guise; ‘to use false professions, to play the hypocrite’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [verb (intransitive)] letc1000 faitc1330 counterfeitc1374 dissimulec1374 feignc1400 showc1405 supposea1450 fare1483 simule?a1500 dissemble1523 pretend1526 frame1545 cloakc1572 jouk1573 pretent1582 disguisea1586 devise1600 semble1603 coin1607 insimulate1623 fox1646 sham1787 dissimulate1796 gammon1819 to let on1822 simulate1823 possum1832 simulacrize1845 to put on an act1929 to put on (also up) a show1937 prat1967 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxxx. 216 Therfore the duke dissembled for the pleasur of the prouost. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. xi. 53 He dyssembled in all that euer he spake. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 9 Tel Whom thou lou'st best: see thou dissemble not. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 467 The subtle Fiend..Dissembl'd, and this Answer smooth return'd. View more context for this quotation 1713 J. Addison Cato i. ii I must dissemble, And speak a language foreign to my heart. 1852 H. W. Longfellow Warden Cinque Ports xi He did not pause to parley nor dissemble. b. const. with: To use dissimulation with. ΚΠ 1621 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (new ed.) i. sig. K7^v I dissemble not with you..for you shall finde it and proue it to be true. 1667 M. Poole Dialogue between Popish Priest & Protestant (1735) 83 I will not dissemble with you, they do not. 1718 Free-thinker No. 75. 1 He who dissembles with, or betrays one Man, would betray every Man. 1829 R. Southey All for Love vi. 65 Dissemble not with me thus. †5. a. transitive. To put on a feigned or false appearance of; to feign, pretend, simulate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, simulate, feign [verb (transitive)] mitheeOE bipechec1000 huec1000 feigna1300 unlikena1382 counterfeitc1400 pretend1402 dissimulec1430 dissimule1483 simule?a1500 semble1530 counterfeit1534 dissemblea1538 suppose1566 countenance1590 mock1595 assume1604 to put on1625 assimulate1630 personate1631 to take on1645 simulate1652 forge1752 sham1775 possum1850 to turn on1865 fake1889 a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 61 Men may dyssembyl & fayne grete poverty whire as non ys. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 467 You were not your selfe ignoraunt, albeit you dissembled the contrary. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 304 This Creature..that can dissemble death so naturally. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 83. ⁋2 I'm lost if you don't dissemble a little Love for me. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1752 I. 127 To suppose that Johnson's fondness for her was dissembled. †b. with infinitive or clause. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1571 G. Buchanan Admonitioun Trew Lordis sig. A.3^v Pepill..yat professis yame selfis in deid, and dissemblis in worde to be Enemeis to God, to Iustice and to zow. 1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. 60 The King dissembled that his Coat of Mayl was not fit for him. 1813 T. Busby tr. Lucretius Nature of Things iv. 913 Fancy..Lost friends, past joys, dissembleth to restore. †c. To feign or pretend (some one) to be something. Also with ellipsis of the infinitive, or of both object and infinitive. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck i. sig. B2^v Charles of Fraunce..Dissembled him the lawfull heire of England. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 97 John Scott dissembled himself an English-man. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 176 Esteemed a Jew though he dissembled the Christian. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 246 Moores who dissembled Christians. †d. figurative. To simulate by imitation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > simulation > simulate [verb (transitive)] belikec1275 counterfeitc1374 imitate1598 dissemble1697 to go through the motions1816 to mock up1914 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 460 The Gold, dissembl'd well their yellow Hair. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † dissemblev.² Etymology: < Old French dessembler, dissembler to be unlike, < des- , dis- prefix 1d + sembler to be like, to seem: the opposite of ressembler to resemble. Compare dissemblance n.¹ 1, dissemblable adj. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To be unlike, to differ from, resemble not. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > differ from [verb (transitive)] dissemble1586 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 193 His end dissembled not his life. For beyng hated of all and sought for to be slayne, he [sc. Nero] killed himselfe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † dissemblev.³ Etymology: < Old French dessembler to separate, < des- , dis- prefix 1d + stem of as-sembler to assemble v.¹ Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To separate, disperse: = disassemble v. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter or be dispersed [verb (intransitive)] > break up (of an assembly) sunderc1225 dissolvea1535 to break up1535 disband1598 dissemblea1626 dismiss1809 separate1885 to let out1888 a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 177 The chieff bishops..assembled and disembled often tymes together, much perplexed and devided. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1480v.¹a1500v.²1586v.³a1626
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