dissemble

«dissemble» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To hide your true feelings or plans by pretending to be… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (dissembles, dissembled, dissembling)

meaning for a pupil

To hide your true feelings or plans by pretending to be different. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means to hide one's wrongdoing by pretending, or to deal falsely. Achan stole and then hid the stolen goods. Interpretation: Joshua's story of Achan shows that hidden sin affects the whole community. The tradition sees the lesson that secret wrongs cannot be hidden from God. In the primary lessons: in stories a sly character who pretends to be friendly or calm when he is not

examples

• Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed My covenant which I commanded them; yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing; and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have even put it among their own stuff. (Prophets JOS.7.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• He tried to dissemble, but his face gave him away. tree →
• She dissembled well and no one guessed her plan. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dissemble» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.