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Pronunciation : Mas`quer*ade"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. mascarade, fr. Sp. mascarada, or It. mascherata. See Mask.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Mas`quer*ade"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Masqueraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Masquerading.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Mas`quer*ade"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To conceal with masks; to disguise. "To masquerade vice." Killingbeck.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913