dissimulate

But the Gift’s double-sided sword–ness also justifies the regime’s turning of Wakanda into an encrypted nation, a nation projecting a simulated self in order to dissimulate.

From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2018

Aspirants to public office in the US may well dissimulate, but in a wide-open cultural landscape, with only the occasional ironic outcropping, there's hardly anywhere for them to hide.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2013

He knew how to dissimulate his intentions so well that the Orsini themselves, through Lord Paulo, reconciled themselves with him.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

If you cannot dissimulate for my sake, try it for your own.

From The Actress' Daughter A Novel by May Agnes Fleming

"I!" said Henry, making an effort, which in spite of his will-power he could not wholly dissimulate.

From Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas père

Some hatred, weak and without self-confidence, or seeking the effect of surprise, is hypocritical, dissimulates, affects friendly feeling, rubs its hands over insults and awaits the opportune moment.

From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson

Monk, who combines virtue with tact, dissimulates at first, then suddenly at the head of his troops dissolves the rebel parliament, and re-establishes the king on the throne.

From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo

At his age a man no longer dissimulates in his own family; he became more and more thoughtful, serious, and grieved as the hour approached when he would be forced to meet his civil death.

From The Alkahest by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

I am certain she dissimulates her affection for you with greater care than you take to multiply proofs of yours for her.

From Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century by William Hassell Overton

Other artists dissimulated their debts to French painting or let critics bury them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nevertheless the trait which we have just described is nearly always found at the bottom of all true love in woman, however much it may be veiled, dissimulated or conquered.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Auguste Forel

The Executive Council dissimulated neither its fears nor embarrassment.

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Eug?ne Sue

Having all got into the boat, Roldan dissimulated, saying to those who were rowing that they should row towards the land.

From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Bartolom? de las Casas

Thus had come about that good understanding, that sense of proprietorship definite on the part of the one, dissimulated, yet tangible and existent, on that of the other, which reigned between them.

From Fordham's Feud by Bertram Mitford

I’m sure Vikram has a high IQ, but did not display good judgment in dissimulating to me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

Simply wishing Weinstein away would be too easy; it would also be in keeping with the industry’s history of erasing its wrongs with plastic smiles and dissimulating public relations.

From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2020

She herself was dissimulating each day, biding her time until she could just get out.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2019

On the contrary, it is the very heart of society's real unreality, capable of infinitely executing itself, and endlessly dissimulating the absence of the real.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2018

The Captain, rendered cautious by his late experience, was unable quite to satisfy his mind whether Mr Toots was the mild subject he appeared to be, or was a profoundly artful and dissimulating hypocrite.

From Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens