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MASQUERADING
Verb
masquerading
present participle of masquerade
Noun
masquerading (plural masqueradings)
The act of one who masquerades.
Source: Wiktionary
MASQUERADE
Mas`quer*ade", n. Etym: [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.
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.
Mas`quer*ade", v. t.
Definition: To conceal with masks; to disguise. "To masquerade vice." Killingbeck.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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