dissimulation

[Lat. di imulatio, from dis simul at us, pa. par. of di imulo to di emble (q. v.); Fr. di imulation; Sp. disimulacion, Port. di imulação; Ital. dis simul azione.] The act of di embling; a disguising or hiding under a false appearance; false pretension, hypocrisy. "Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and di imula tion a concealment of what is."- Tatler , No. 213. *dis-sim-üle, *dis-sim-1-len, *dis-sim-u-len, *dis-sym-ele, *dis-sym-yl, v . t . & i. [Fr. di i muler ; Port. dis simular ; Sp. disimular ; Ital. dis simul are , from Lat. di imulo .] A. Trans.: To di emble, to hide under a false IMG:content-0187.png:[blocks in formation] "So wele di imulen he coude." Chaucer: Troilus, iii. 385. 2. To pretend, to feign. "Wherfor Saul di ymylide to go out."-Wycliffe: 1 Kings xxiii. 13. ( Purvey .) *dis-sim-ū-ler, *dis-sim-i-lour, *dis-sim-ulour, s. [Lat. di imulator , from dis simul at us , pa. par. of di imulo ; Ital. dis simul a tore : Sp. disimu lad or ; Port. dis simul a dor .] A di embler. "O fals dis simul our, O Greke Sinon." Chaucer. C. T .: 16,714. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this;