Disguising

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     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.
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              All God's angels come to us disguised. --Lowell.
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     3. To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.
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              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}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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