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Disguising

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.

Disguising \Dis*guis"ing\, n.
   A masque or masquerade. [Obs.]
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