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Disguise   /dɪsgˈaɪz/   Listen
Disguise

verb
(past & past part. disguised; pres. part. disguising)
1.
Make unrecognizable.  Synonym: mask.  "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank"
noun
1.
An outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something.  Synonym: camouflage.
2.
Any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity.
3.
The act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance.  Synonym: camouflage.






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"Disguise" Quotes from Famous Books



... where his next exploit was the abduction, from a convent, of a noble Roman girl. With the police once more on his track, he sought refuge at the Spanish Embassy, whence he was despatched home in disguise, probably to the relief of his country's representative in Rome. Before this adventure, which was only one of many which the charitable wife had to pardon, he had attracted the attention of David, who was then in Italy, and who, as his art differed in every way ...
— McClure's Magazine, March, 1896, Vol. VI., No. 4. • Various

... very romantic!" said Hilda, with a smile. "You seem, from such circumstances, to have brought yourself to consider our very prosaic housekeeper as almost a princess in disguise. I, for my part, look upon her as a very common person, so weak-minded, to say the least, as to be almost half-witted. As to her accent, that is nothing. I dare say she has seen better days. I have heard more than once of ladies in destitute or reduced circumstances who have been ...
— The Cryptogram - A Novel • James De Mille

... pass. I want you to make the acquaintance of that loving couple, Mr. and Mrs. Numagawa Jiro. You must disguise yourself. Jiro is to be shadowed constantly. Get any help you require, but do it. Be off, Winter, on the wings of the wind. Fasten on to Jiro. Batten on him. Become his invisible vampire. Above all else, discover his associates. ...
— The Stowmarket Mystery - Or, A Legacy of Hate • Louis Tracy

... Hauptmann," he addressed the officer at the head of the table, "do you find my disguise, and ...
— Aces Up • Covington Clarke

... novels. By the by [R. B.] Sheridan used to declare that he had never read it.' Rogers's Table-Talk, p. 90. The editor says, in a note on this passage:—'The incident in The School for Scandal of Sir Oliver's presenting himself to his relations in disguise is manifestly taken by Sheridan ...
— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 1 • Boswell, Edited by Birkbeck Hill


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