Found 2 items, similar to Masquerade.
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Definition: masquerade
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”
masquerade
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 the Internet”;
“This silly
novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Masquerade
Masquerade
\Mas`quer*ade"\, v. t.
To conceal with masks; to disguise.
“To masquerade vice.”
--Killingbeck.
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Masquerade
\Mas`quer*ade"\, n. [F. mascarade, fr. Sp. mascarada,
or It. mascherata. See
Mask.]
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1. An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing
themselves with dancing, conversation, or other
diversions.
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In courtly balls and midnight masquerades. --Pope.
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2. A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st
Mask, 4. [Obs.]
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3. Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of
something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show;
disguise.
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That masquerade of misrepresentation which
invariably accompanied the political eloquence of
Rome. --De Quincey.
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4. A Spanish diversion on horseback.
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Masquerade
\Mas`quer*ade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Masqueraded;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Masquerading.]
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1. To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.
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2. To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious
show of being what one is not.
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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.
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