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masquerading | |
1. n. The act of one who masquerades. |  |
masquerade | |
1. n. A party or assembly of people wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions. |  |
2. n. (fandom) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits on a stage. |  |
3. n. (obsolete) A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See “mask” |  |
4. n. Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise. |  |
I was invited to the masquerade at their home. |  |
5. n. (archaic) A Spanish entertainment in which squadrons of horses charge at each other, the riders fighting with bucklers and canes. |  |
6. v. (intransitive) To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade. |  |
I'm going to masquerade as the wikipede. What are you going to dress up as? |  |
7. v. (intransitive) To frolic or disport in disguise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not. |  |
He masqueraded as my friend until the truth finally came out. |  |
A freak took an ass in the head, and he goes into the woods, masquerading up and down in a lion's skin - Roger L'Estrange |  |
8. v. To conceal with masks; to disguise. |  |