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Date: 1400-1500
Origin: dissimule 'to hide your feelings' (14-17 centuries), from Latin dissimulare; DISSIMULATE

dissemble

 verb
     
dis‧sem‧ble [intransitive and transitive] literary
to hide your true feelings, thoughts etc
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