disguising

Variant of disguise

transitive verb disguised, disguising

  1. to make appear, sound, etc. different from usual so as to be unrecognizable: to disguise one's voice
  2. to hide or obscure the existence or real nature of: to disguise an emotion
  3. Obsolete to alter or disfigure

Origin: ME disgisen < OFr desguiser, to change costume: see dis- & guise

noun

  1. any clothes, equipment, manner, etc. used for disguising
  2. the state of being disguised
  3. the act or practice of disguising
Also Now Raredisguisement

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
link/cite print suggestion box