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Definition
hide or disguise the truth without outright lying
- Dissembling villain, thou speak'st false in both.4.4 — Act 4 Scene 4 — The same (62% in)
dissembling = hiding or disguising the truth
- Dissembling harlot, thou art false in all; And art confederate with a damned pack, To make a loathsome abject scorn of me: But with these nails I'll pluck out these false eyes That would behold in me this shameful sport.4.4 — Act 4 Scene 4 — The same (63% in)
dissembling = lying
There are no more uses of "dissemble" in The Comedy of Errors.
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