Definition of dissimulate
dissimulated
;dissimulating
transitive verb
: to hide under a false appearance smiled to dissimulate her urgency — Alice Glenday
intransitive verb
: dissemble a politician's ability to dissimulate
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Examples of dissimulate in a Sentence
as an actress she had been trained to dissimulate, so she had no trouble hiding her true feelings offstage as well
Origin and Etymology of dissimulate
Middle English, from Latin dissimulatus, past participle of dissimulare, from dis- + simulare to simulate
First Known Use: 15th century
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