n. [ L. assimulatio, equiv. to assimilatio. ] Assimilation. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. dissimulatio: cf. F. dissimulation. ] The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let love be without dissimulation. Rom. xii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and arguments that he is not that he is. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and dissimulation a concealment of what is. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. simulation, L. simulatio. ] The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true. [ 1913 Webster ]