dissemble

«dissemble» in Mova's school 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 stories a sly character who pretends to be friendly or calm when he is not

examples

• 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.