dissemble

Etymology

A modification of dissimule after resemble and semblance.

verb

  1. (transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
    Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love. 1788, John Philip Kemble, The Panel
  2. (transitive) To feign.
  3. (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
  4. (intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.

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