Sekirov Dictionary

disguise

/dɪsˈɡaɪz/

noun 4
verb 6
forms 5
phrases 1

noun4

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clothes and other things put on to change how someone looks so that nobody knows them
- A cape and moustache completed his disguise.
- hiding one's treacherous intentions under the guise of friendship
(figurative) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what’s beneath.
•
The act or state of disguising, notably as a ploy.
- Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies.
(no longer used) A change of behaviour resulting from intoxication, drunkenness.

verb6

•
To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.
- Spies often disguise themselves.
•
To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.
- He disguised his true intentions.
(no longer used) To dissemble, to talk or act falsely while concealing one’s thoughts.
(no longer used) To transform or disfigure, to change the appearance of in general.
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(no longer used) 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 slip. — 1714
(no longer used) To dress in newfangled or showy clothing, to deck out in new fashions.

forms

disguised · disguising · disguises · disguiseth · disguisest

Phrases with disguise

devil in disguise
A person or thing that appears to be good, honest, or upstanding, but is inherently nasty, evil, or damaging.

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