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An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.

Example: I was invited to the masquerade party at their home.

The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.

An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.

An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.

To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; to wear a disguise.

Example: I’m going to masquerade as the wikipede. What are you going to dress up as?

To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.

Example: He masqueraded as my friend until the truth finally came out.

To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise.