| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| dissimulate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | dis·sim·u·late |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -sm y -l t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: dis·sim·u·lat·ed, dis·sim·u·lat·ing, dis·sim·u·lates
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To disguise (one's intentions, for example) under a feigned appearance. See synonyms at disguise. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To conceal one's true feelings or intentions. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English dissimulaten, from Latin dissimulre, dissimult- : dis-, dis- + simulre, to simulate; see simulate. | | OTHER FORMS: | dis·simu·lation —NOUN
dis·simu·lative —ADJECTIVE
dis·simu·lator —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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