KJV Dictionary Definition: dissemblance

dissemblance

DISSEMBLANCE, n. dis and semblance. Want of resemblance. Little used.

dissemble

DISSEMBLE, v.t. L.

1. To hide under a false appearance; to conceal; to disguise; to pretend that not to be which really is; as, I will not dissemble the truth; I cannot dissemble my real sentiments. This is the proper sense of this word.

2. To pretend that to be which is not; to make a false appearance of. This is the sense of simulate.

Your son Lucentio doth love my daughter, and she loveth him, or both dissemble deeply their affections.

DISSEMBLE, v.i. To be hypocritical; to assume a false appearance; to conceal the real fact, motives, intention or sentiments under some pretense.

Ye have stolen and dissembled also. Joshua 7.

He that hateth, dissembleth with his lips. Proverbs 26.

dissembled

DISSEMBLED, pp. Concealed under a false appearance; disguised.

dissembler

DISSEMBLER, n. One who dissembles; a hypocrite; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance.

dissembling

DISSEMBLING, ppr. Hiding under a false appearance; acting the hypocrite.

dissemblingly

DISSEMBLINGLY, adv. With dissimulation; hypocritically; falsely.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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