Masqueraded

Masqueraded
Masquerade Mas`quer*ade", v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Masqueraded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Masquerading}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade. [1913 Webster]

2. To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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