to hide your real intentions and feelings or the facts:
Dissemble
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To conceal the real fact, motives,He that hateth dissembleth with his lips. Prov. xxvi. 24.He [an enemy] dissembles when he assumes an air of friendship. C. J.Smith.
Dissemble meaning & definition 1 of Dissemble.
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Neologistic contraction of “disassemble.”
Malopropism for the word: disassemble.Dissemble meaning & definition 2 of Dissemble.
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To give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or the real nature of:
to [dissemble] ones incompetence in business. To conceal/lie and hide ones true motives, thoughts, actions, etc., by some pretense; speak or act hypocritically.
*Not to be confused with the word [disassemble], to take apart, [dismantle], tear down.Dissemble meaning & definition 3 of Dissemble.
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Conceal or disguise one
Dissemble meaning & definition 4 of Dissemble.
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