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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪsˈsɪ.mʊ.ɫoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [disˈsiː.mu.lo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dissimulō''' (present infinitive dissimulāre, perfect active dissimulāvī, supine dissimulātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|dis-|simulō|t2=to make like, pretend]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Wiktionary and Lewis & Short derive it instead from [[dissimilis]] “unlike”, with /i/ becoming /u/ before ⟨l⟩; the TLL gives both.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Georges explains its first sense as “to make unlike”.^(Georges 1913)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Plautus, in the Menaechmi, exclaims at how a scoundrel dissembles, and Terence has it too.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus about 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to disguise someone's identity, as Ovid's Achilles hidden in a long dress and the god disguised as a bull.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Most often it meant to pretend that a thing is not what it is, to hide or keep secret, as Cicero's “I will feign nothing, hide nothing”, and Lewis & Short call it very frequent and classical.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ It also meant to pretend not to notice, to ignore, as in Livy's senate that could overlook and forget much.^(OLD 2012) Medieval Latin kept the senses of hiding and passing over, and added scheming.^(MLW) English ''dissemble'' came from Old French ''dessembler'' in the early 15th century, and ''dissimulate'' from its participle at the same time.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of dissembling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of concealing.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of disguise.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''dissemble'' and ''dissimulate'' are recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|disguise]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To [[m|en|dissemble]], conceal, keep secret.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To pretend not to notice, ignore.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[dissimulāmentum]]
+ * [[dissimulantia]]
+ * [[dissimulātiō]]
+ * [[dissimulātor]]
+ * [[dissimulanter]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[simulo]]
+ * [[en|dissemble]]
+ * [[en|dissimulate]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}