*guise*

v. t. [ Pref a- + guise. ] To dress; to attire; to adorn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Above all knights ye goodly seem aguised. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disguised p. pr. & vb. n. Disguising. ] [ OE. desguisen, disgisen, degisen, OF. desguisier, F. déguiser; 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 ]

n. 1. A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no passion which steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises, than pride. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show. [ 1913 Webster ]

That eye which glances through all disguises. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Change of manner by drink; intoxication. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A masque or masquerade. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Disguise was the old English word for a masque. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In disguise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being disguised. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disguise. [ R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, disguises. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who wears a disguise; an actor in a masquerade; a masker. [ Obs. ] E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. guise, gise, way, manner, F. guise, fr. OHG. wīsa, G. weise. See Wise, n. ] 1. Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The swain replied, “It never was our guise
To slight the poor, or aught humane despise.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

As then the guise was for each gentle swain. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

A . . . specter, in a far more terrific guise than any which
ever yet have overpowered the imagination. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Guise. ] A person in disguise; a masker; a mummer. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]