dissemble
verb (used with object)
to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of.
have dissembled
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present perfectof dissemble.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He was said to have dissembled when people on the call asked about whether repeat shop lifters or people who commit assaults without a weapon would be prosecuted and face jail terms.
From Fox News ● Jan. 20, 2022
Listening to early Nirvana records, a person worries that a strong wind might have dissembled the whole operation.
From The New Yorker ● May 18, 2017
RACHEL, who could not have dissembled if she had tried, appeared to be overwhelmed by Mr. Kingston's sudden death.
From A Mere Chance, Vol. 3 of 3 A Novel by Ada Cambridge
Baud—'sdeath, They'll raise the Court upon me, and then I'm lost— My Queen—my Goddess—Oh raise your lovely Eyes, I have dissembled Coldness all this while; And that Deceit was but to try thy Faith.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Montague Summers
And this, O men of Athens, is the truth and the whole truth; I have concealed nothing, I have dissembled nothing.
From Apology by Benjamin Jowett
