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Disguise

//dɪsˈɡaɪz// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another. countable, uncountable

    "A cape and moustache completed his disguise."

  2. 2
    the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance wordnet
  3. 3
    The appearance of something on the outside which masks what’s beneath. countable, figuratively, uncountable
  4. 4
    any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity wordnet
  5. 5
    The act or state of disguising, notably as a ploy. countable, uncountable

    "Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies."

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  1. 6
    an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something wordnet
  2. 7
    A change of behaviour resulting from intoxication, drunkenness. archaic, countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity. transitive

    "Spies often disguise themselves."

  2. 2
    make unrecognizable wordnet
  3. 3
    To transform or disfigure, to change the appearance of in general. obsolete, transitive
  4. 4
    To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance. transitive

    "He disguised his true intentions."

  5. 5
    To dress in newfangled or showy clothing, to deck out in new fashions. obsolete, transitive
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  1. 6
    To dissemble, to talk or act falsely while concealing one’s thoughts. intransitive, obsolete
  2. 7
    To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate. archaic, transitive

    "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 slip."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern French déguiser), itself derived from des- (“dis-”) (from Latin dis-) + guise (“guise”) (from a Germanic source).

Etymology 2

From Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern French déguiser), itself derived from des- (“dis-”) (from Latin dis-) + guise (“guise”) (from a Germanic source).

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