dissemble

DISSEMBLE, verb transitive [Latin]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, verb intransitive 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 7:11.He that hateth, dissembleth with his lips. Proverbs 26:1