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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. | |
