disguise
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern déguiser), itself derived from des- "dis-" (from Latin dis-) + guise "guise" (from a Germanic source).
[edit] Pronunciation
- General American IPA: /dɪˈskaɪz/ SAMPA: /dI"skaIz/
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- Hyphenation: dis‧guise
- Rhymes: -aɪz
[edit] Noun
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disguise (plural disguises)
- An attire (e.g. clothing) used to hide one's identity or assume another.
- That cape and mask disguise him completely
- (figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what's beneath.
- The act of disguising, notably as a ploy
- Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies
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attire to hide/assume an identity
that which masks what's beneath
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[edit] Verb
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to disguise (third-person singular simple present disguises, present participle disguising, simple past and past participle disguised)
(transitive)
- To change the appearance of something so as to hide/assume an identity.
- Spies often disguisethemselves
- To prevent giving away or revealing something secret.
- He disguised his true intentions.
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to change the appearance
to prevent revealing something secret
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