Dis·guise v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disguised p. pr. & vb. n. 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. --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 of 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.
Dis·guis·ing, n. A masque or masquerade. [Obs.]
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