disguise:1

verb
dis*guise \ də-ˈskīz \ dis-ˈgīz \ diz- \
14th century{ds||1|a|}
  • to change the customary dress or appearance of
  • to furnish with a false appearance or an assumed identity
  • disfigure

disguise:2

noun
disguise \
14th century{ds||1||}
  • apparel assumed to conceal one's identity or counterfeit another's
  • the act of disguising
  • form misrepresenting the true nature of something

in disguise

idiom
in disguise \
  • wearing a disguise
  • made to look like something else : presented as another thing

penetrate someone's disguise

idiom
penetrate someone's disguise \
  • to see or realize who someone really is behind a disguise
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