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dissimulate
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dis·sim·u·late  (d-smy-lt)
v. dis·sim·u·lat·ed, dis·sim·u·lat·ing, dis·sim·u·lates
v.tr.
To disguise (one's intentions, for example) under a feigned appearance. See Synonyms at disguise.
v.intr.
To conceal one's true feelings or intentions.
[Middle English dissimulaten, from Latin dissimulre, dissimult- : dis-, dis- + simulre, to simulate; see simulate.]
dis·simu·lation n.
dis·simu·lative adj.
dis·simu·lator n.
dissimulate
Verb
[-lating, -lated] to conceal one's real feelings by pretence
dissimulation n
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Verb1.dissimulate - hide (feelings) from other people
disguise, mask - make unrecognizable; "The herb masks the garlic taste"; "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank"


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and which was most admirable, her profound dissimulations real virtues, and an innate tenderness or affection of the people; by which she so won their hearts, who judge only by outward appearances.
Reinventing romance, or the surprising effects of sympathy by Kahn, Victoria / Renaissance Quarterly
For example, to abate the storm that Bacchus' rhetorical dissimulations have unleashed, she descends with garlanded goddesses whose loving countenances prove irresistible to each of the offending winds (6.
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That is why the Egyptians had sculptures of sphinxes in all their temples, that is, to indicate that divine knowledge, if committed to writing at all, must be covered with enigmatic veils and poetic dissimulations.
An exemplary humanist hybrid: Vasari's "Fraude" with reference to ... by Moffitt, John F. / Renaissance Quarterly
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