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dissimulate
di-SIM-yuh-layt
verb
to hide behind a mask; to hide one's intentions; to pretend things are not as they are
1762Jean Jaques RousseauEmileIf I dissimulate and pretend to see nothing, he will take advantage of my weakness; if he thinks he can deceive me, he will despise me, and I become an accomplice in his destruction.1796Matthew LewisThe MonkI saw those prospects on the point of closing in the most horrible manner: Yet was I obliged to dissimulate, and to receive with a semblance of gratitude the false civilities of him who held the dagger to my bosom.1910William J. LockeSimon the JesterLastly, there was the worldly device, which I adopted, of dissimulating the furnace of my affliction beneath a smiling exterior.

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