Definition of "dissimulate" in English

verb

1. (intransitive) To practise deception by concealment or omission, or by feigning a false appearance; to dissemble.

2. (transitive) To disguise or hide by adopting a false appearance; to dissemble.

3. (transitive, rare) To connive at; to wink at; to pretend not to notice.

   • That al thyng be forgiven to theim that be olde and broken, and to theim that be yonge and lusty to dissimulate for a time, and nothyng to be forgiuen to very yong children.

adjective

1. (obsolete) Feigned, simulated, pretended, false.