disguise
                               // disguises, disguising, disguised
                         1
                               A disguise is a change in your appearance that is intended to prevent people
                               from recognizing you.
                               ...the disguise he wore when he escaped.
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                               If you are in disguise, you have changed your appearance to prevent people
                               recognizing you.
                               The Emperor came aboard the ship in disguise.
                         2
                               If you disguise yourself, you dress like someone else and behave like them in
                               order to deceive people.
                               I disguised myself as a French priest.
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                         3
                               If you disguise something, you change it so that people do not recognize it or
                               know about it.
                               He tried to disguise his voice.
                               It proved difficult to disguise her anxiety.
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