dissimulare — meaning in English

English meaning

• feign verb To pretend to feel or have something that isn't real.
• sneak verb To move quietly and carefully so as not to be noticed.

Senses

dissimulare is used for these senses in English:

• feign To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
• feign To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.
• sneak (transitive, dated) To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.

sneak — full definition

1. verb To move quietly and carefully so as not to be noticed.
2. verb To take something without permission, doing it quietly and secretly.
3. adjective Done secretly, or released ahead of the official date.

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