dissimulate
verb (used with object)
to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble.
dissimulates
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present tense formof dissimulate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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At his age a man no longer dissimulates in his own family; he became more and more thoughtful, serious, and grieved as the hour approached when he would be forced to meet his civil death.
From The Alkahest by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
Monk, who combines virtue with tact, dissimulates at first, then suddenly at the head of his troops dissolves the rebel parliament, and re-establishes the king on the throne.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
Some hatred, weak and without self-confidence, or seeking the effect of surprise, is hypocritical, dissimulates, affects friendly feeling, rubs its hands over insults and awaits the opportune moment.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
I am certain she dissimulates her affection for you with greater care than you take to multiply proofs of yours for her.
From Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century by William Hassell Overton
