Masquerade word meaning and definition

[noun] making a false outward show; "a beggar's masquerade of wealth"
[noun] a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
[noun] a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
[verb] pretend to be someone or something that you are not; "he is masquerading as the expert on th Internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty"
[verb] take part in a masquerade

\Mas`quer*ade"\, n. [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. To conceal with masks; to disguise. ``To masquerade vice.'' --Killingbeck.

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