DISGUISE

disguise. Disguise, n. a dress to deceive, pretense; cloke

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Dis‐guise″ (?; 232), v. 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. 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. 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. 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.