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<hw>Dis*sem"blance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dissemblance</ets>. See <er>Dissemble</er>.]</ety> <def>Want of resemblance; dissimilitude.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Osborne.</i>

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<hw>Dis*sem"blance</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Dissemble</ets> + <ets>-ance</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or art of dissembling; dissimulation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Dis*sem"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dissembled</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dissembling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>dissembler</ets> to be dissimilar; pref. <ets>dis-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + F. <ets>sembler</ets> to seem, L. <ets>simulare</ets> to simulate; cf. L. <ets>dissimulare</ets> to dissemble. See <er>Simulate</er>, and cf. <er>Dissimulate</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.</def>

<blockquote><b>Dissemble</b> all your griefs and discontents. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Perhaps it was right to <b>dissemble</b> your love, But -- why did you kick me down stairs? <i>J. P. Kemble.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign.</def>

<blockquote>He soon <b>dissembled</b> a sleep. <i>Tatler.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See <er>Conceal</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Dis*sem"ble</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To conceal the real fact, motives, <?/tention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite.</def>

<blockquote>He that hateth <b>dissembleth</b> with his lips. <i>Prov. xxvi. 24.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He [an enemy] <b>dissembles</b> when he assumes an air of friendship. <i>C. J. Smith.</i></blockquote>

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

<blockquote>It is the weakest sort of politicians that are the greatest <b>dissemblers</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Priests, princes, women, no <b>dissemblers</b> here. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Dissembler</er>, <er>Hypocrite</er>.</syn> <usage>A person is called a <i>dissembler</i> with reference to his concealment of his real character, and a <i>hypocrite</i> with reference to his assumption of a false character. But <i>hypocrite</i> 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.</usage>

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<hw>Dis*sem"bling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That dissembles; hypocritical; false.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Dis*sem"bling*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Disseminate</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sem"i*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disseminated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disseminating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>disseminatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>disseminare</ets> to disseminate; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>seminare</ets> to sow, <ets>semen</ets> seed. See <er>Seminary</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; <as>as, principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are <ex>disseminated</ex> when they are spread abroad for propagation</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To spread or extend by dispersion.</def>

<blockquote>A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat <b>disseminated</b> throughout the body of the earth. <i>Woodward.</i></blockquote>