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▪ I. † diˈssembly1 Obs. [f. dissemble v.1: cf. next.] Dissembling, dissimulation.
c1534tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden) II. 198 Ther is no deceyt more depe and secrete than that which lurketh in the dissembly of understanding, or under soome colour of curtesy. 1588Allen Admon. 21 [Elizabeth] dallied and abused by dissembly almost all the great personages of Europe, to whom..she proffered herself. ▪ II. diˈssembly2 nonce-wd. [f. dissemble v.3, after assembly.] The separation of an assembly.
1887Sat. Rev. 10 Sept. 340 The hurried assembly and more hurried dissembly of some stolen meetings. ⁋It occurs in 16–17th c. as a perversion of assembly.
1599Shakes. Much Ado iv. ii. 1 Is our whole dissembly appeard? 1684Baxter Twelve Argts. §16. 27 Their usual Titles were, the Priestbyters, the Drivines, the Sinners of Westminster, the Dissembly men. |