Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disguise"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Disguise \Dis*guise"\, n.
1. A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or
of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise
are subject to heavy penalties.

There is no passion steals into the heart more
imperceptibly and covers itself under more
disguises, than pride. --Addison.

2. Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false
appearance; counterfeit semblance or show.

That eye which glances through all disguises. --D.
Webster.

3. Change of manner by drink; intoxication. --Shak.

4. A masque or masquerade. [Obs.]

Disguise was the old English word for a masque. --B.
Jonson.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

disguise
n 1: an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of
something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always
associated with catastrophe in his stories" [syn: {camouflage}]
2: any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal
the wearer's identity
3: the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying
its appearance; "he is a master of disguise" [syn: {camouflage}]
v : make unrecognizable; "The herb disguises the garlic taste";
"We disguised our faces before robbing the bank"


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