All 3 Uses of
dissemble
in
The Odyssey by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- At last, sublime, his stately growth he rears A tree, and well-dissembled foliage wears.†
Book 4 *
- At this, the chief with transport was possess'd; His panting heart exulted in his breast; Yet, well dissembling his untimely joys, And veiling truth in plausible disguise, Thus, with an air sincere, in fiction bold, His ready tale the inventive hero told: "Oft have I heard in Crete this island's name; For 'twas from Crete, my native soil, I came, Self-banished thence.†
Book 13
- But this to me? who, like thyself, excel In arts of counsel and dissembling well; To me? whose wit exceeds the powers divine, No less than mortals are surpass'd by thine.†
Book 13
Definition:
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(dissemble) hide or disguise the truth without outright lying