disguise

verb

to modify the manner or appearance, to conceal

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noun

anything which conceals or changes a person's physical appearance

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɡaɪz/ / /dɪzˈɡaɪz/ / /dɪˈskaɪz/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern French déguiser), itself derived from des- (“dis-”) (from Latin dis-) + guise (“guise”) (from a Germanic source).

Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.
“A cape and moustache completed his disguise.”
“hiding one's treacherous intentions under the guise of friendship”
The appearance of something on the outside which masks what’s beneath.
“old ideas in a new guise”
The act or state of disguising, notably as a ploy.
“Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies.”
A change of behaviour resulting from intoxication, drunkenness.

verb

To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.
“Spies often disguise themselves.”
“Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner.”
To transform or disfigure, to change the appearance of in general.
To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.
“He disguised his true intentions.”
To dress in newfangled or showy clothing, to deck out in new fashions.
To dissemble, to talk or act falsely while concealing one’s thoughts.
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.”
“But my lord was angry, and being disguised with liquor too, he would not let him go till they played more; and play they did, and the luck still went the same way; […]”