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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 people
Familiarity information: DISSIMULATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they dissimulate ... he / she / it dissimulates
Past simple: dissimulated
Past participle: dissimulated
-ing form: dissimulating
... he / she / it dissimulates Past simple: dissimulated
Past participle: dissimulated
-ing form: dissimulating
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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