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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dissemble .
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Examples
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The low point during this time came when Schorr "dissembled" -- his word -- by not disabusing
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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The low point during this time came when Schorr "dissembled" - his word - by not disabusing
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The reason for your confusion over the announced roster is exactly because Marvel specifically stated that the classic big three, Thor, Shellhead and Cap, were going to form the core of the returning Avengers title - singular - but they "dissembled" aka "lied" about that aspect.
Editorial Diatribe from the Catacombs: Avengers Assemble (or not)! Chuck Wells 2010
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Germanicus admitted a few intimates, and began his complaints in words such as dissembled resentment dictates.
The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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But T.O. Nicholson could fix up his big steam yacht, load his specially-made big motorboat aboard, and tuck in a "dissembled" biplane without any more notice than a snip in the society column.
Herland 1915
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Soon after the Council St. Peter was at Antioch, and weakly "dissembled" by disguising his belief in the truth that the
The Books of the New Testament Leighton Pullan 1902
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But T.O. Nicholson could fix up his big steam yacht, load his specially-made big motorboat aboard, and tuck in a "dissembled" biplane without any more notice than a snip in the society column.
Herland Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1897
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Mollie "dissembled," as she called it, smiling sweet recognition of the praise, but never once breathing the secret that the whole being and intent of these flowers was to hide the joins beneath.
The Fortunes of the Farrells George de Horne Vaizey 1887
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Various parties "dissembled" when Emerald was first trying to move into Rosemont, Mikva found, while Kevin Flynn "flat-out lied." editorial on the Emerald project appeared on November 16, 2003.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Also, you've repeatedly dissembled when challenged to address the crackpottery of his claim that Christian scientists who accept evolution are harming science education.
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