Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DIS-GUISE', v.t. [disgi'ze. Fr. deguiser; de, dis, and guise, manner.]

1. To conceal by an unusual habit, or mask. Men sometimes disguise themselves for the purpose of committing crimes without danger of detection. They disguise their faces in a masquerade.
2. To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloke by a false show, by false language, or an artificial manner; as, to disguise anger, sentiments or intentions.
3. To disfigure; to alter the form, and exhibit an unusual appearance. They saw the faces, which too well they knew, / Though then disguised in death. – Dryden.
4. To disfigure or deform by liquor; to intoxicate. – Spectator.