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dissimulance
† diˈssimulance Chiefly Sc. Obs. Also -simil-, -symil-. [ad. L. dissimulāntia a dissembling, f. dissimulāre: see dissimule and -ance.] Dissembling, dissimulation.1508 Dunbar Gold. Targe 182 Quhen Venus had persauit this rebute, Dissymilance scho bad go mak persute. 1513 Douglas æneis iv. vi. 49 With...
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dissemblance
▪ I. dissemblance1 arch. (dɪˈsɛmbləns) [In sense 1, ad. OF. dessemblance (12th c.), mod.F. dissemblance unlikeness, f. dessembler, pr. pple. dessemblant unlike: see prec. and -ance. In sense 2, a later modification of dissimulance, after dissemble.] 1. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; difference; di...
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unwitting
▪ I. † unˈwitting, vbl. n. Obs. [un-1 13.] 1. Lack of knowledge; ignorance.1382 Wyclif Acts iii. 17, I woot that by vnwittinge [L. ignorantiam] ȝe diden, as and ȝoure princes. 1620 T. Granger Div. Logike 34 The involuntarie vnwitting causeth, or effecteth a thing being ignorant thereof. 2. Unsoundne...
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