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verb

Disguise v. t. (past & past part. disguised; pres. part. disguising)

1.

To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive. "Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner."

2.

To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloak by a false show; to mask; as, to disguise anger; to disguise one's sentiments, character, or intentions. "All God's angels come to us disguised."

3.

To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate. "I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker of five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship."

Synonyms: To conceal; hide; mask; dissemble; dissimulate; feign; pretend; secrete. See Conceal.

noun

Disguise n.

1.

A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties. "There is no passion which steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises, than pride."

2.

Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show. "That eye which glances through all disguises."

3.

Change of manner by drink; intoxication.

4.

A masque or masquerade. (Obs.) "Disguise was the old English word for a masque."

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Etymology of 'Disguise'

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"Disguise" Quotes from Famous Books

... to my heart, with the unacknowledged tenderness of a parting embrace. It was impossible to disguise the position in which I had now placed myself. I had, so to speak, pronounced my own sentence of banishment. When my interference had restored my unworthy rival to his freedom, could I submit to the ...

— The Two Destinies • Wilkie Collins

... in Gaffney's place at once upon hearing Dennison speak of it that afternoon at the Polo Club. After assuming the disguise you saw me in, I went there and engaged in a game at one of the tables. Inside of an hour I had the information that the Bounder had occasionally visited the place, and always to meet a man of the name of Fenton. Fenton was in the rooms at the time, and when he ...

— Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist • John T. McIntyre

... had completed their courteous farewells. "You'd think the Bank was a Bureau of Information! Yesterday there was a stir about two crazy lads who are supposed to have joined the Mecca pilgrims in disguise.... Of course our clerks are Copts and do pick up a bit and the Copts will talk.... I say, Jack, what are you doing?" he broke off to demand in astonishment, for Jack Ryder had seated himself upon a divan and was absorbedly rolling up ...

— The Fortieth Door • Mary Hastings Bradley

... over his work in silence. Fortunately he was not the king's son in disguise in this case! But he wasn't going to ...

— Pelle the Conqueror, Complete • Martin Andersen Nexo

... him to bring me. In this way I was enabled to regain a portion of my lost strength. When I concluded the time had come for me to make good my escape, I caused him to come to my cell at midnight and remove the bricks from the slit while I put on the disguise he had brought me. Once out of my stone tomb we carefully walled it up again and then departed to find my imaginary hidden treasure. We made our way without trouble to Algiers, for my companion had money, and sailed thence via Gibraltar for England. During the trip ...

— The Darrow Enigma • Melvin L. Severy

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