disguise

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He suddenly felt that his disguise was a poor one.

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  1. transitive verb To modify the manner or appearance of in order to prevent recognition.
  2. transitive verb To furnish with a disguise.
  3. transitive verb To conceal or obscure by dissemblance or false show; misrepresent: disguise one's true intentions.

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  • I shall turn to the right out the door, as my disguise is the more realistic. —  The Beekeeper’s Apprentice - Laurie R. King - Russell-Holmes 01
  • The story of the disguise was a silly slander, based upon the trifling fact that for this night journey Lincoln wore a traveling cap instead of his hat. —  Abraham Lincoln, Vol. I.
  • In the comic he's repulsive and ludicrous-a tiny man with lifts in his shoes, he suffers from major sexual problems, and his disguise is a street person whose placard reads "The end is nigh."
  • I couldn't get out of the city in any other way just now, and I want to see Mexico That idea was growing upon him rapidly, but his next errand was to the seńor's own room, to put on what he called his disguise. —  Ahead of the Army
  • This disguise was as good as an ambush, while it also served to give the place the festive appearance looked for by the enemy. —  Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow"
 

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guise ·  garb ·  illusion ·  deception ·  costume ·  mask ·  trick ·  manifestation ·  evasion ·  lie ·  contrivance ·  excuse

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disguise:   disguised ·  disguises
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English disguisen, from Old French desguiser : des-, dis- + guise, manner; see guise.

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  1. Early modern English also disguize; from Middle English disguisen, disgisen, desguisen, desgisen (also deguisen, degisen: see deguise), from Old French desguiser, French déguiser (= Provencal desguisar), counterfeit, put on a false guise, from des- privative + guise, guise, manner, fashion: see dis- and guise, v.
  2. from disguise, v.
 

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/dɪsˈgaɪz/
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