dissimulate \dih-SIM-yuh-layt\, transitive verb:
1. To conceal under a false appearance.
intransitive verb:
1. To hide one's feelings or intentions; to put on a false appearance; to feign; to pretend.

In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell received her M.D. degree from the Medical Institution of Geneva, N.Y., becoming the first woman in the U.S. with a medical degree.