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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
disguise/dɪsˈɡʌɪz/
▶verb alter in appearance or nature so as to conceal the identity of.

■ conceal (a feeling or situation).

▶noun a means of disguising one's identity.

■ the state of being disguised.
– origin ME (meaning ‘change one's usual style of dress’): from OFr. desguisier.



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