n. [ F. mascarade, fr. Sp. mascarada, or It. mascherata. See Mask. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
In courtly balls and midnight masquerades. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
That masquerade of misrepresentation which invariably accompanied the political eloquence of Rome. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
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 ]
v. t. To conceal with masks; to disguise. “To masquerade vice.” Killingbeck. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask; one disguised. [ 1913 Webster ]