DISSEIZURE
Dis*sei"zure, n.
Defn: Disseizin. Speed.
DISSEMBLANCE
Dis*sem"blance, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dissemblance. See Dissemble.]
Defn: Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. [R.] Osborne.
DISSEMBLANCE
Dis*sem"blance, n. Etym: [Dissemble + -ance.]
Defn: The act or art of dissembling; dissimulation. [Obs.]
DISSEMBLE Dis*sem"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissembled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissembling.] Etym: [OF. dissembler to be dissimilar; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + F. sembler to seem, L. simulare to simulate; cf. L. dissimulare to dissemble. See Simulate, and cf. Dissimulate.]
1. To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask. Dissemble all your griefs and discontents. Shak. Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love, But — why did you kick me down stairs J. P. Kemble.
2. To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign. He soon dissembled a sleep. Tatler.
Syn.
— To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See Conceal.