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DISSIMULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dissimulate mean? 

DISSIMULATE (verb)
  The verb DISSIMULATE has 1 sense:

1. hide (feelings) from other peopleplay

  Familiarity information: DISSIMULATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISSIMULATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they dissimulate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it dissimulates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: dissimulated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: dissimulated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: dissimulating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hide (feelings) from other people

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "dissimulate" is one way to...):

disguise; mask (make unrecognizable)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

dissimulation (the act of deceiving)

dissimulative (concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive)


 Context examples 


We have not the strength with which to fight this man; we must dissimulate, and win, if win we can, by craft.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)



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