disguising

Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]

Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

All God's angels come to us disguised.— Lowell.[1913 Webster]

3.To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Disguising \Dis*guis"ing\, n. A masque or masquerade. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]