undissemble en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + dissemble.
Meanings
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(archaic, rare, reflexive) To reveal one's dissimulation; to admit to lying.
What inscrutable thing was it, that so suddenly had seized him, and made him a falsifyer—ay, a falsifyer and nothing less—to his own dearly-beloved, and confiding mother? […] But, nevertheless, on strict introspection, he felt, that he would not willingly have it otherwise; not willingly would he now undissemble himself in this matter to his mother.
1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| undissembling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| undissembles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| undissembled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| undissembled | Tense=Past | lexicographic |