Both Uses
dissemble
in
The Comedy of Errors
(Edited)
- Dissembling villain, thou speak'st false in both.
Scene 4.4 *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.
Scene 4.4dissembling = lying
Definitions:
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(1)
(dissemble) hide or disguise the truth without outright lying
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)