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Search phrase: dissemble

Plays

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CoriolanusCor III.ii.62I would dissemble with my nature whereI would dissemble with my Nature, where
Henry VI Part 11H6 III.i.141So help me God, as I dissemble not.So helpe me God, as I dissemble not.
Henry VI Part 22H6 V.i.13The King hath sent him, sure; I must dissemble.The king hath sent him sure: I must dissemble.
King Edward IIIE3 IV.iii.70Then think on him that doth not now dissemble,Then thinke on him that doth not now dissemble
Much Ado About NothingMA V.i.53Marry, thou dost wrong me, thou dissembler, thou!Marry yu dost wrong me, thou dissembler, thou:
OthelloOth III.iv.34Well, my good lady. (Aside) O, hardness to dissemble!Well my good Lady. Oh hardnes to dissemble!
PericlesPer II.v.23Soft, here he comes; I must dissemble it.Soft, heere he comes, I must dissemble it.
Richard IIIR3 I.ii.184Arise, dissembler; though I wish thy deathArise Dissembler, though I wish thy death,
Richard IIIR3 II.i.8Dissemble not your hatred, swear your love.Dissemble not your hatred, Sweare your loue.
Richard IIIR3 II.ii.31Think you my uncle did dissemble, grandam?Thinke you my Vnkle did dissemble Grandam?
Romeo and JulietRJ III.ii.87All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.all forsworne, all naught, all dissemblers,
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.9Whom thou lov'st best. See thou dissemble not.Whom thou lou'st best: see thou dissemble not.
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.iv.42Or both dissemble deeply their affections.Or both dissemble deepely their affections:
Timon of AthensTim V.i.93Ay, and you hear him cog, see him dissemble,I, and you heare him cogge, / See him dissemble,
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.441Whose fury not dissembled speaks his griefs.Whose fury not dissembled speakes his griefes:
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.446Dissemble all your griefs and discontents.Dissemble all your griefes and discontents,
Twelfth NightTN IV.ii.4Well, I'll put it on and I will dissemble myself in't,Well, Ile put it on, and I will dissemble my selfe in't,
Twelfth NightTN IV.ii.5and I would I were the first that ever dissembled in suchand I would I were the first that euer dissembled in in such

Poems

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The Passionate PilgrimPP.18.28 That thus dissembled her delight; That thus dissembled her delight.
The Passionate PilgrimPP.18.38 Dissembled with an outward show, Dissembled with an outward shew:
Venus and AdonisVen.641 When thou didst name the boar, not to dissemble, When thou didst name the boare, not to dissẽble,

Glossary

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dissembledeceive, disguise the truth, pretend
dissembledisguise, cloak, give a deceptive appearance to
dissembledconcealed, pretended, feigned
dissemblerhypocrite, deceiver, charlatan

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
DISSEMBLEBASICdissemble v, dissembling adj, dissembling n
DISSEMBLEPEOPLEdissembler n

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