Dissemble /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Dissembled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissembling

1. To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.

   Dissemble all your griefs and discontents.

   Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love, But -- why did you kick me down stairs?

2. To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign.

   He soon dissembled a sleep.

1. To conceal the real fact, motives, intention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite.

   He that hateth dissembleth with his lips.

   He [an enemy] dissembles when he assumes an air of friendship.