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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dissimulat(e, ppl. a. Also: -ulatt, -ulait, -ilat; -symulat(e. [e.m.E. dissimulate (1534), -ilate (1556), L. dissimulātus.] Dissembled, feigned, pretended; dissembling, deceitful. a1500 Henr. Fab. 452.
This fenȝeit foxe, fals and dissimulate Id. Test. Cr. 225.
Under smyling scho was dissimulait c1500-c1512 Dunb. ix. 129.
Off mynd dissymvlat, Lord, I me confes 1531 Bell. Boece (M) I. 82.
He went … to the said Ile of Man … with dissimulatt [v.r. dissimilat] mind 1533 Boece ix. vi. 299 b.
The dissymulate Saxoun secretely aduertising Britouns of ane prive entre c1552 Lynd. Mon. 5871.
Ȝour dissimulat ypocrasye That day … sal be cleirlye knawin 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 34.
Ȝe ar deliuerit of dissimulat brethrene 1596 Dalr. I. 231/22.
To the king he cumis … with a dissimulat and finȝet countenance a1639 Spotsw. Hist. 209.
They should … as dissimulate professors be esteemed unworthy of the fellowship of Christs flock
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