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masquerade |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Masquerade \Mas`quer*ade"\, n. [F. mascarade fr Sp mascarada or It mascherata See {Mask}.] 1. An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions. In courtly balls and midnight masquerades. --Pope. 2. A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st {Mask}, 4. [Obs.] 3. Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show pretentious show disguise. That masquerade of misrepresentation which invariably accompanied the political eloquence of Rome. --De Quincey. 4. A Spanish diversion on horseback. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Masquerade \Mas`quer*ade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Masqueraded}; p. pr & vb n. {Masquerading}.] 1. To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade. 2. To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not A freak took an ass in the head, and he goes into the woods, masquerading up and down in a lion's skin. --L'Estrange. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Masquerade \Mas`quer*ade"\, v. t. To conceal with masks; to disguise. ``To masquerade vice.'' --Killingbeck. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: masquerade n 1: a party of guests wearing costumes and masks [syn: {masque}, {mask}] 2: a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party [syn: {fancy dress}, {masquerade costume}] 3: making a false outward show "a beggar's masquerade of wealth" v 1: take part in a masquerade 2: pretend to be someone or something that you are not "he is masquerading as the expert on th Internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty" 3: pretend to be someone or something else [syn: {pose}]
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