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Webster 1913 Edition
Disguise
Dis-guise′
(?; 232)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disguised
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disguising
.] [OE.
desguisen
, disgisen
, degisen
, OF. desguisier
, F. déguiser
; pref. des-
(L. dis-
) + guise
. See Guise
.] 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. Macaulay.
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
. Lowell.
3.
To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.
Syn. – To conceal; hide; mask; dissemble; dissimulate; feign; pretend; secrete. See
Conceal
. Dis-guise′
,Noun.
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 penaltiesThere is no passion which steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more
disguises
, than pride. Addison.
2.
Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show.
That eye which glances through all
disguises
. D. Webster.
3.
Change of manner by drink; intoxication.
Shak.
4.
A masque or masquerade.
[Obs.]
Disguise
was the old English word for a masque. B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disguise
DISGUISE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To conceal by an unusual habit, or mask. Men sometimes disguise themselves fro the purpose of committing crimes without danger of detection. They disguise their faces in a masquerade.2.
To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloke by a false show, by false language, or an artificial manner; as, to disguise anger, sentiments or intentions.3.
To disfigure; to alter the form, and exhibit an unusual appearance.They saw the faces, which too well they knew, though then disguised in death.
4.
To disfigure or deform by liquor; to intoxicate.DISGUISE
,Noun.
1.
A counterfeit habit; a dress intended to conceal the person who wears it.By the laws of England, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subjected to heavy penalties, and in some cases, declared felons.
2.
A false appearance; a counterfeit show; an artificial or assumed appearance in tended to deceive the beholder.A treacherous design is often concealed under the disguise of great candor.
3.
Change of manner by drink; intoxication.Definition 2024
disguise
disguise
English
Noun
disguise (plural disguises)
- Attire (e.g. clothing, makeup) used to hide one's identity or assume another.
- That cape and mask complete his disguise.
- (figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what's beneath.
- The act of disguising, notably as a ploy
- Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies.
Synonyms
Translations
attire to hide/assume an identity
|
that which masks what's beneath
act of disguising
|
Verb
disguise (third-person singular simple present disguises, present participle disguising, simple past and past participle disguised)
- (transitive) To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.
- Spies often disguise themselves.
- Macaulay
- Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner.
- (transitive) To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.
- He disguised his true intentions.
- (archaic) To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.
- Spectator
- I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker or five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship.
- Spectator
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
to change the appearance
|
to prevent revealing something secret