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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dissimulat(e, v. and p.p. [e.m.E. (a 1533).] tr. To dissemble. —1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 47.
The quhilk practize howbeit he wald haue dissimulatit, sum tyme brak out with him 1570 Bann. Memor. 59.
I thocht to have dissimulate my fact befoir the world
