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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dissemble /dɪˈsɛmb(ə)l/

▶verb hide or disguise one's true motives or feelings.

– derivatives
dissemblance noun,
dissembler noun.

– origin ME: alt. (suggested by semblance) of obs. dissimule, via OFr. from L. dissimulare ‘disguise, conceal’.

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