Part 407

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

J. P. Kemble.

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

He soon dissembled a sleep.

Tatler.

Syn. -- To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See Conceal.

Dis*sem"ble, v. i. 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.

Prov. xxvi. 24.

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

C. J. Smith.

Dis*sem"bler (?), n. One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite.

It is the weakest sort of politicians that are the greatest dissemblers.

Bacon.

Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.

Pope.

Syn. -- Dissembler, Hypocrite. A person is called a dissembler with reference to his concealment of his real character, and a hypocrite with reference to his assumption of a false character. But hypocrite is the stronger word, being commonly used to characterize a person who is habitually insincere and false, especially one who makes professions of goodness when his aims are selfish and his life corrupt.

Dis*sem"bling (?), a. That dissembles; hypocritical; false. -- Dis*sem"bling*ly, adv.

Dis*sem"i*nate (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Disseminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disseminating.] [L. disseminatus, p. p. of disseminare to disseminate; dis- + seminare to sow, semen seed. See Seminary.] 1. To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for propagation.

2. To spread or extend by dispersion.

A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat disseminated throughout the body of the earth.

Woodward.

Syn. -- To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse; scatter.

Dis*sem"i*na`ted (?), p. a. (Min.) Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance.

Dis*sem`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. disseminatio: cf. F. dissémination.] The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.

The universal dissemination of those writings.

Wayland.

Dis*sem"i*na*tive (?), a. Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated.