2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disguise \Dis*guise"\ (?; 232), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disguised};
p. pr & vb n. {Disguising}.] [OE. desguisen disgisen
degisen OF desguisier F. d['e]guiser; 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.
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.
Syn: To conceal; hide; mask; dissemble; dissimulate; feign;
pretend; secrete. See {Conceal}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
disguised
adj 1: having its true character concealed with the intent of
misleading; "hidden agenda"; "masked threat" [syn: {cloaked},
{masked}]
2: deliberately concealed as if with a veil; "disguised threats
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