disgrace 
or trust: as, the minister retired from court in 
I!. :i-,tiirni-d c.ul of his place of Mlirary Keeper to the 
King, and died ill Ili^iriif: 
Litter, Journey to Paris, p. 102. 
They will slink hark to their kn la in ilimirarr. 
Tharrau, Walden, p. 1-".::. 
2. A state of ignominy, dishonor, or shame; 
subjection to opprobrium. 
France, bound as she was liy solemn stipulations, could 
not, without disgrace, make a direct attack on the Aus- 
trian dominion!. Macaulay, Frederic the Great. 
These old pheasant-lords, . . . 
Who had mildcw'd In their thousands, doing nothing 
Sinre Egbert why, the greater their disgrace! 
Tennyson, Aylmer's Field. 
3. A cause of shame or reproach ; that which dis- 
honors: as, honest poverty is no ilini/nn-c. 4. 
Want of grace of person or mind; illfavored- 
ness ; ungracious condition or character. [Ar- 
chaic.] 
Their faces 
Most foule and fllthle were, their garments yet, 
Belli); all rag'd and tatter'd, their disgraces 
Did much the more augment. 
Spenser, F. Q., V. xii. 28. 
Even a coat may he one of the outward signs by which 
we betray the grace or disgrace that is in us. 
T. Winthrop, Cecil Dreeme, v. 
6t. An act of unkindness ; an ill turn. 
The interchange continually of favours and disgrace!. 
Baton. 
= Svn. 1 and 2. Ditgrare, Dishonor, etc. (see odium), dis- 
credit, ignominy, infamy, disrepute, reproach, contempt, 
opprobrium, obloquy. 3. Scandal, blot. 
disgrace (dis-gras'), v. t.; pret. and pp. dis- 
graced, ppr. disgracing. [< OF. disgracier, F. 
disgracier = Sp. desgraciar (obs. ) = Pg. desgracar 
= It. disgraziure, sgraziare (obs. ), < ML. "disgra- 
tiare, disgrace ; from the noun.] 1. Toputout 
of favor ; dismiss with discredit. 
In thee [the Countess of Pembroke] the Lesbian Sappho 
with her lyric harpe is disgraced. 
Hath (Arbor's Eng. Garner, I. 500). 
Flatterers of the disgraced minister. Macaulay. 
2. To treat or affect ignominiously ; bring or 
cast shame or reproach upon; dishonor; put 
to shame. 
His ignorance disgraced him. Johnson. 
Let Greece be humbled, and the Trojans rise; 
Till the proud king and the Achaian race 
Shall heap with honours him they now disgrace. 
Pope, Iliad, ii. 
We will pass by the instances of oppression and false- 
hood which disgraced the early part of the reign of 
Charles. Macaulay, Ilallam's Const. Hist. 
3f. To revile ; upbraid ; heap reproaches upon. 
The goddess wroth 'gan foully her disgrace. Spenser. 
I command you, and do you command your fellows, 
That when you see her next, disgrace and scorn her. 
Fletcher and Rowley, Maid in the Mill, iii. 3. 
= Syn. 1 and 2. Debase, Degrade, etc. (see abase); to shame, 
mortify, dishonor ; tarnish, blot, stain, sully. See list un- 
der debase. 
disgraceful (dis-gras'ful), a. [< disgrace + 
-ful, 1.] Partaking of disgrace; shameful; dis- 
honorable ; disreputable ; bringing or deserv- 
ing shame. 
To retire behind their chariots was as little disgraceful 
then as it is now to alight from one's horse in a battle. 
Pope. 
Cranmer rose into favour by serving Henry in the dis- 
graceful affair of his first divorce. 
Macaulay, Ilallam's Const. Hist. 
= Syn. Discreditable, ignominious, scandalous, base, vile, 
opprobrious, infamous. 
disgracefully (dis-gras'ful-i), adv. In a dis- 
graceful manner ; with disgrace: as, the troops 
fled disgracefully. 
The senate have cast you forth 
Disijraceftill.it. B. Jonson, Catiline. 
disgracefulness (dis-gras'ful-nes), n. Igno- 
miny ; shnmefulness. 
disgracer (dis-gra'ser), n. One who or that 
which disgraces or exposes to disgrace; one 
who or that which brings disgrace, shame, or 
contempt upon others, or upon a cause. 
Perhaps the lowest class of either sex would be proper- 
ly assigned to those two disaracers of the human species, 
commonly called a beau and a tint- lady. 
Fielding, Conversation. 
disgracioust (dis-gra'shus), a. [< OF. "dixgni- 
cii us (F. itisi/i'iicifuj:), < disgrace, disgrace : see 
disgrace, and cf. gracious.] Ungracious ; un- 
pleasing. 
If I be so dtsgraciortu in your eye, 
I Let me march on, and not offend you, madam. 
>'/..'., Rich. III.,iv. 4. 
disgracivet (dis-gra'siv), a. [Irreg. < dimjnicc, 
+ -ire.] Disgraceful. 
He that will iim-stion t-vn-y tl'^rrn<-ir,' word which he 
hears is spoken of him shall have nw friend*. 
Fcltham, Resolves,!. 78. 
1663 
They arc unwisely ashamed of an ignorance which ii 
linl ihfi l-','ltlm,,i. Ki-solvi-H, i. 27. 
disgradation (dis-gra-da'shon), n. [< disgrade 
+ -at ion ; equiv. to degradation."] In Scots 
la ir, degradation; deposition; specifically, the 
stripping from a person of a dignity or degree 
of honor, and taking away the title, badge, and 
privileges thereof. 
disgrader (dis-grad'), ' [< OF. desgrader 
(= Sp. /lesgradar (obs.) = Pg. desgraduar), de- 
grade, < den- priv. + grade, rank. Cf. degrade.] 
To degrade ; lower in rank. 
Being now lately become a Courtier he shew not him- 
self a craftsman, & merit to be disgraded, & with scorne 
sent back againe to the shop. 
Puttcnham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 250. 
disgregatet (dis'gre-gat), v. t. [< LL. disgrega- 
tn.i, pp. of disgregare, separate, < dis-, apart, + 
grex (grey-), a flock. Cf. congregate.] To sep- 
arate ; disperse. Dr. H. More. 
disgregation (dis-gre-ga'shon), . [< dingregate: 
see -aWon.] Separation; specifically, in chem., 
the separation of the molecules within a sub- 
stance, which is brought about by heat or other 
chemical agents: as, the dingregation of a body 
is greater in the gaseous than in the liquid state. 
Imp. Diet. 
disgressiont, . [ME. ; var. of digression.'] Di- 
gression. Chaucer. 
disgruntle (dis-grun'tl), v. t.; pret. and pp. dis- 
gruntled, ppr. disgruntling. [Of E. dial, origin; 
humorously formed < dis- + "gruntle, freq. of 
grunt, implying disgust.] To disappoint ; dis- 
concert; chagrin; disgust; offend; throw into 
a state of sulky dissatisfaction : usually in the 
participial adjective disgruntled. [Colloq.] 
This continual grasping after authority for the purpose 
of meeting the individual case of some disgruntled per- 
sons should receive the stamp of this committee's disap- 
probation. Providence (R. I.) Journal, March 1, 1877. 
Those that were disgruntled because Dutch and German 
were dropped [in the names of the Reformed Churches] 
staid where they were because they did not know where 
to go. The Churchtnan, Suppl., Oct. 30, 1886. 
disguise (dis-giz'), r. t. ; pret. and pp. disguised, 
ppr. disguising. [Early mod. E. also dixguize; 
< ME. disguisen, disgisen, desguisen, desgisen 
(also deguisen, degisen : see deguise), < OF. des- 
guiser, F. deguiser(=Pr. desguisar), counterfeit, 
put on a false guise, < des- priv. T guise, guise, 
manner, fashion: see dis- and guise, .] 1. To 
conceal the personal identity of, by changes of 
guise or usual appearance, such as those pro- 
duced by differences in dress or in the hair or 
beard, the use of a mask, etc. 
She cast her wit In sondry wise 
How she him mighte so desauise, 
That uo man shulde his body knowe. 
Gower, Colif. Amant., II. 227. 
The children of honour, called the Henchemen, which 
were freshly disguysed and daunced a Morice before the 
kyng. Ilall, Hen. VIII., an. 2. 
The tradition is that, during those evil days, Bunyan 
was forced to disguise himself as a waggoner. 
Macaulay, John Buuyan. 
This copier of the mien and gait and garb 
Of Peter and Paul, that he may go disguised, 
Rob halt and lame, sick folk i' the temple-porch ! 
Browning, Ring and Book, II. 195. 
I venture to see In the Norman Conqueror a friend dis- 
guised in the garb of an enemy. 
E. A. Freeman, Ann r. Lects., p. 153. 
2. To conceal or cover up the real or original 
character of by a counterfeit form or appear- 
ance ; cloak by false show, deceptive statement 
or speech, or an artificial manner: as, to dis- 
guise the handwriting ; to disguise the taste of 
a drug ; to disguise sentiments or intentions. 
Disguise it not we have one human heart 
All mortal thoughts confess a common home, 
Shelley, Revolt of Islam, vliL 19. 
Literature and taste, indeed, still disguised with a flush 
of hectic loveliness and brilliancy the ravages of an Incur- 
able decay. Macaulay, Machiavclli. 
If we call it by one name up to a certain year, and by 
some other name after that year, we disguise the fact 
that the historical identity of the language has never 
been broken. E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 96. 
They agree in another respect, as well as in style. All 
are either ruins, or fragments disguised by restoration. 
Ruskin. 
3. To alter the appearance of; make difficult 
of recognition by some change not intended 
for concealment. 
They saw the faces, which too well they knew. 
Though then disguised in death. Dryden, .Eneid. 
4. To change in voice or behavior by the use 
of strong drink ; intoxicate. [Euphemistic.] 
Come, I will shew you the way home, if drink 
Or too full diet have disguised you. 
B. Jonson, Staple of News, Iv. 1. 
disguisily 
Harp. I am a prince disguised. 
//". Disguised i how? drunk V 
Massinger, Virgin-Martyr, III. 8. 
Fail. Will not ale serve thy turn, Will? 
Bib. I had too much of that last night; I was a little 
disguised, as they say. Dryden, Wild Gallant, I. 1. 
It is most absurdly said of any man that he is disguised 
in liquor ; for, on the contrary, most men are disguised 
by sobriety. . . . and it is when they are drinking tliM 
men display themselves In their complexion of character. 
De Quincey. 
5f. To distinguish by a difference of form or 
guise. 
Thenewelajellaw] . . . Is zothllche ncwe, and desgited 
uram [from] othre lajcs. Ayenbite. of Inwyt, p. 97. 
Amonges wymmen he spanne 
In theyre habyte disguysed from a man. 
Lydgate, Minor Poems, p. 90. 
Syn. 2. Simulate, etc. (see dissemble), mask, veil, 
disguise (dis-giz'), n. [< disguise, t).] 1. That 
which disguises; something that serves or is 
intended for concealment of identity, charac- 
ter, or quality; a deceptive covering, condi- 
tion, manner, etc. 
I will assume thy part in some disguise, 
And tell fair Hero I am Claudio. 
Shak., Much Ado, i. 1. 
This calumnious disguise [a long ulster] was crowned 
and completed by a soft felt hat. 
R. L. Stevenson, The Dynamiter, p. 98. 
That is a thin disguise which veils with care 
The face, but lets the changeless heart lie bare. 
T. B. Aldrich, Epigram. 
2. The act of disguising, or the state of being 
disguised; a false or misleading appearance; 
concealment under a disguised form, manner, 
etc. : as, his attempted disguise was unsuccess- 
ful ; a thief in disguise. 
So disguise shall, by the disguised, 
Pay with falsehood false exacting. 
Shot., M. for M., ill. 2. 
Praise undeserved Is scandal in disguise. 
Pope, Imit. of Horace, II. I. 413. 
That close alliance which, under the disguise of the most 
deadly enmity, has always subsisted between fanaticism 
and atheism is still uubroken. 
Macaulay, Sadler's Law of Population. 
3. Change of behavior and utterance by drink ; 
intoxication. [Euphemistic.] 
You see we've burnt our cheeks: . . . and mine own 
tongue 
Splits what it speaks : the wild disguise hath almost 
Antick'd us. Shak., A. and < '., II. 7. 
4f. A masque; an interlude. 
Xever prince was more wholly given to his affairs, nor 
in them more of himself ; Insomuch as In triumphs of 
justs and tourneys, and balls and masks, which they then 
called disguises, he was rather a princely and gentle spec- 
tator than seem much to be delighted. 
Bacon, Hist. Henry VII. (ed. Bohn), p. 477. 
Disguise was the old English word for a masque, sir, l>e- 
fore you were an implement belonging to the Revels. 
B. Jonson, Masque of Augurs. 
O, what a mask was there, what a disguise ! 
Hilton, The Passion, 1. ID. 
disguisedly (dis-gi'zed-li), adv. With or in 
disguise. [Bare.] 
I find that he travelled England disguisedly, and con- 
cealed his state there. Sir H. Wotton, Rellqnlie, p. 589. 
disguisedness (dis-gi'zed-nes), n. The state 
of being disguised. [Bare.] 
But alas! the painted faces, and mannishncsse, and 
monstrous disguisedness of the one sex ! 
Bp. Hall, The Impress of God, ii. 
disguisement (dis-giz'ment), . [< OF. des- 
guisement, F. deguisement (= Pr. desguisamen), < 
dcsguiser, disguise : see disguise, v., and -ment.] 
The act of disguising ; a disguise. [Rare.] 
She through his late disguizement could him not descrie. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. v. 29. 
He was exposed in a jacket resembling those which 
London lamp-lighters formerly delighted in, with a cap of 
the same. ... In this disguisement he was brought into 
the hall. Lamb, Elia, p. 35. 
disguiser (dis-gi'zer), n. 1. One who changes 
the appearance of another by a disguise ; a dis- 
figurer. 
O, death's a great disguiter: and you may add to it. 
Shak., M. for M., ir. 2. 
2. One who conceals his real sentiments ; one 
who assumes a disguise. 
You are a very dexterous disguiser. Swift. 
3f. A masquer; a mummer. 
The Disguisers to come in aftir this manonr following, 
with iii torcheis to be borne before theim at their riding 
into the Hall, with iii yomen waiters suche as shall be ap- 
pointed by the Marshall)* to do It 
Quoted in J. P. Collier's Eng. Dram. Poetry, 1. 18, note. 
disguisilyt, adv. [ME. disgisili; < disgvisy + 
-ty2.] Strangely; extraordinarily. 
Desparaged were i disaisili xif i dede In this wise. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), L 486. 
