† dissimulev.

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s dissy-, Middle English dissumule, dissymyl, dyssymyl(e, Middle English–1500s dyssymul, dissymyl(e, 1500s dis- dyssimill, -symell, Scottish -simull, -symile, -semle, -semmil.

Etymology: < Old French dissimule-r (14th cent. in Littré), < Latin dissimulāre to disguise, conceal, dissemble, < dis- , dis- prefix 1d + simulāre to feign, after dissimilis unlike, different. By development of b after m , and vowel modification, this word was gradually changed into dissemble n.

Obsolete.

a. transitive. To alter the semblance of (one's feelings, actions, etc.) so as to conceal or deceive; to disguise under a feigned semblance; = dissemble v.¹ 1.

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

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 322 His wo he gan dissimulen and hide.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 65 They sholde doo this couertly, in dyssymulyng their goyng.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxii. 254 To dyssymell the matter vayleth not.

1557 M. Basset tr. T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1372/1 Enforsed either openly to professe their beliefe, or falselye to dissimull it.

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 120 In part to dissimule and palliate his weakenesse.

b. with infinitive phr.

ΚΠ

1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 1 Sam. x. 27 He dissymelide hym to here.

2. To alter the outward appearance of (a person or thing); to disguise; = dissemble v.¹ 2.

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

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. avj^v/1 Wherfore dyssymylest thou thy self lyke to the poure people.

1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Hv^v A king renounceth to be honoured as a king when he dyssymeleth [printed dyssynneleth] hys personage and maiestye royall.

a. To pretend not to see or notice; to overlook, ignore; = dissemble v.¹ 3.In quot. a1450, perhaps ‘to put any one off without answering.’

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

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 100 The duk, that sawe her symplenes, beganne to lawghe and dissymyled her requeste.

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxi. sig. z v Yf he suffre & dyssymule ony grete ylle in his subgectes.

1537 Inst. Christen Man (new ed.) L vj b They..wol wynke therat, and dissimule it.

a1637 B. Jonson Timber 1061 in Wks. (1640) III So in the Church, some errors may be dissimuled with lesse inconvenience, then can be discover'd.

b. intransitive with with, in same sense.

ΚΠ

1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue xi. sig. Ev^v Magistratis dissimulis..w^t ye faltis of the subiectis.

a. absol. or intransitive. To practise dissimulation; = dissemble v.¹ 4.

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

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 385 (434) So wel dissimulen he kowde.

c1386 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 243 Dissimule as thou were deef, if that thou heere A Iangler.

1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. ij They that conne dyssymyle..vse better theyr tyme in courtes than the other peple.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. vi. 21 And to dissymill [1555 dissemmil] gif ony askit quhy.

1624 Briefe Information Affaires Palatinate 51 Vnto the Princes..he dissimuled, and would not be knowne of the same conditions.

b. const. with. (See also 3b.)

ΚΠ

1471 Close Roll 10 Edw. IV 31 Mar. They dissimuled with his said Highness.

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xxxvi. 86 a He dissimuled therewith onely to see whether..he might lade there or no.

a. transitive. To simulate, feign; = dissemble v.¹ 5.

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

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton F iij b Thou oughtest..to make the a fole or to dyssymylle folye in tyme and in place whan the thynge requyreth it.

1570–1 Act 11 Eliz. in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 311 His demaunds were yeelded to conditionally that it appeare to the world that he ment faithfully..which being dissimuled till the first of May [etc.].

b. with subordinate clause or infinitive phr. = dissemble v.¹ 5b.

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

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. viii. 179 He taketh gladliche a fauce visage, and falsliche dissimuleth þat he is a briht angel.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xix. 71 Why is it that I dyssymule to go alle oute from my wyttes?

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Kv^v People, dissimuling that thei desired to ioyne frendship with the Spaniardes.

6. transitive. To feign, invent, make up falsely. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > invent, concoct [verb (transitive)]

forgec1386

contrivec1400

commentc1450

dissimule1483

devisea1535

invent1535

fable1553

coin1561

to make upc1650

manufacture1700

to tell the tale1717

fabricate1779

concoct1792

fob1805

mythologize1851

fabulate1856

phoney1940

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 314 b/2 An illusion or an Inuencion dissimyled of his brethren the Freres.

7. In the later Wycliffite version used to represent dissimulare of the Vulgate, where the sense of the original is ‘linger’ and ‘leave off, cease’.

ΚΠ

1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 1 Sam. xxiii. 13 Saul dissymylide [1382 laft] to go out.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xix. 16 While he dissymelide [1382 hym denyinge] thei token his hond.

Derivatives

† diˈssimuling n. and adj. Obsolete = dissembling n.

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

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [adjective]

whiteda1225

hypocritec1380

papelarda1500

dissimuling?1518

dissembling1526

Pharisaical1527

hypocritish1531

masking1538

hypocritic1540

hypocritely1541

hypocritical1553

mimic1591

transom-eyed1601

tonguey1612

sanctimoniousa1616

Pharisaica1618

crocodilian1632

hypocrital1658

canting1663

double-minded1727

Tartufish1768

dissimulating1794

dissimulative1802

sawneying1808

sham-Abra(ha)m1828

Tartuffian1872

Pecksniffian1874

mawwormish1883

Chadbandian1908

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1613 Whiche I shal with dissimulynge amende.

c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 277 Swich subtil lookyng and dissymulynges.

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.j Dyssymulynge beggers.

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 749/2 His subtile practises..and dissimuling conueiance.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	dissimule
释义	† dissimulev. Forms: Also Middle English–1500s dissy-, Middle English dissumule, dissymyl, dyssymyl(e, Middle English–1500s dyssymul, dissymyl(e, 1500s dis- dyssimill, -symell, Scottish -simull, -symile, -semle, -semmil. Etymology: < Old French dissimule-r (14th cent. in Littré), < Latin dissimulāre to disguise, conceal, dissemble, < dis- , dis- prefix 1d + simulāre to feign, after dissimilis unlike, different. By development of b after m , and vowel modification, this word was gradually changed into dissemble n. Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. To alter the semblance of (one's feelings, actions, etc.) so as to conceal or deceive; to disguise under a feigned semblance; = dissemble v.¹ 1. 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 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 322 His wo he gan dissimulen and hide. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 65 They sholde doo this couertly, in dyssymulyng their goyng. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxii. 254 To dyssymell the matter vayleth not. 1557 M. Basset tr. T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1372/1 Enforsed either openly to professe their beliefe, or falselye to dissimull it. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 120 In part to dissimule and palliate his weakenesse. b. with infinitive phr. ΚΠ 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 1 Sam. x. 27 He dissymelide hym to here. 2. To alter the outward appearance of (a person or thing); to disguise; = dissemble v.¹ 2. 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 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. avj^v/1 Wherfore dyssymylest thou thy self lyke to the poure people. 1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Hv^v A king renounceth to be honoured as a king when he dyssymeleth [printed dyssynneleth] hys personage and maiestye royall. 3. a. To pretend not to see or notice; to overlook, ignore; = dissemble v.¹ 3.In quot. a1450, perhaps ‘to put any one off without answering.’ 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 a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 100 The duk, that sawe her symplenes, beganne to lawghe and dissymyled her requeste. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxi. sig. z v Yf he suffre & dyssymule ony grete ylle in his subgectes. 1537 Inst. Christen Man (new ed.) L vj b They..wol wynke therat, and dissimule it. a1637 B. Jonson Timber 1061 in Wks. (1640) III So in the Church, some errors may be dissimuled with lesse inconvenience, then can be discover'd. b. intransitive with with, in same sense. ΚΠ 1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue xi. sig. Ev^v Magistratis dissimulis..w^t ye faltis of the subiectis. 4. a. absol. or intransitive. To practise dissimulation; = dissemble v.¹ 4. 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 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 385 (434) So wel dissimulen he kowde. c1386 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 243 Dissimule as thou were deef, if that thou heere A Iangler. 1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. ij They that conne dyssymyle..vse better theyr tyme in courtes than the other peple. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. vi. 21 And to dissymill [1555 dissemmil] gif ony askit quhy. 1624 Briefe Information Affaires Palatinate 51 Vnto the Princes..he dissimuled, and would not be knowne of the same conditions. b. const. with. (See also 3b.) ΚΠ 1471 Close Roll 10 Edw. IV 31 Mar. They dissimuled with his said Highness. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xxxvi. 86 a He dissimuled therewith onely to see whether..he might lade there or no. 5. a. transitive. To simulate, feign; = dissemble v.¹ 5. 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 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton F iij b Thou oughtest..to make the a fole or to dyssymylle folye in tyme and in place whan the thynge requyreth it. 1570–1 Act 11 Eliz. in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 311 His demaunds were yeelded to conditionally that it appeare to the world that he ment faithfully..which being dissimuled till the first of May [etc.]. b. with subordinate clause or infinitive phr. = dissemble v.¹ 5b. 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 c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. viii. 179 He taketh gladliche a fauce visage, and falsliche dissimuleth þat he is a briht angel. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xix. 71 Why is it that I dyssymule to go alle oute from my wyttes? 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Kv^v People, dissimuling that thei desired to ioyne frendship with the Spaniardes. 6. transitive. To feign, invent, make up falsely. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > invent, concoct [verb (transitive)] forgec1386 contrivec1400 commentc1450 dissimule1483 devisea1535 invent1535 fable1553 coin1561 to make upc1650 manufacture1700 to tell the tale1717 fabricate1779 concoct1792 fob1805 mythologize1851 fabulate1856 phoney1940 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 314 b/2 An illusion or an Inuencion dissimyled of his brethren the Freres. 7. In the later Wycliffite version used to represent dissimulare of the Vulgate, where the sense of the original is ‘linger’ and ‘leave off, cease’. ΚΠ 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 1 Sam. xxiii. 13 Saul dissymylide [1382 laft] to go out. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xix. 16 While he dissymelide [1382 hym denyinge] thei token his hond. Derivatives † diˈssimuling n. and adj. Obsolete = dissembling n. 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 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [adjective] whiteda1225 hypocritec1380 papelarda1500 dissimuling?1518 dissembling1526 Pharisaical1527 hypocritish1531 masking1538 hypocritic1540 hypocritely1541 hypocritical1553 mimic1591 transom-eyed1601 tonguey1612 sanctimoniousa1616 Pharisaica1618 crocodilian1632 hypocrital1658 canting1663 double-minded1727 Tartufish1768 dissimulating1794 dissimulative1802 sawneying1808 sham-Abra(ha)m1828 Tartuffian1872 Pecksniffian1874 mawwormish1883 Chadbandian1908 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1613 Whiche I shal with dissimulynge amende. c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 277 Swich subtil lookyng and dissymulynges. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.j Dyssymulynge beggers. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 749/2 His subtile practises..and dissimuling conueiance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.c1374
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