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dissemble.

To disguise or conceal something.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/dɪˈsɛmbəl/[dɪˈsɛmbɫ̩]
  1. To disguise or conceal something.

    transitive
  2. To feign, dissimulate.

    transitive
  3. To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.

    transitive
  4. To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

First attested in the beginning of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dissemblen, dissimblen, dissemelen, borrowed from Old French dessambler, dissembler, disembler, itself borrowed from Latin dissimulō and modified after sembler, semblance, etc. Doublet of dissimulate, dissimilate, and dissimule. Displaced native Old English mīþan.

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