bemaskv.
/bɪˈmɑːsk//bɪˈmask/ transitive. To mask, to cover or conceal with a mask.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > dress, garb > disguise in fancy dress [verb (transitive)] > head or face
muzzlec1450
bemask1579
mask1594
vizarda1641
crape1815
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 409/2 The Popish Bishops..doe so bemaske them selues, as though they should play the part in a play.
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iv. i. (T.) Which have thus bemasked your singular beauty under so unworthy an array.
Derivatives
beˈmasked adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [adjective]
disguisyc1330
disguised1393
visured1577
latent1593
misguised1603
palliate1611
bemasked1620
dissembled1631
travested1656
incognito1676
incog1705
counterfeit1724
unconfessed1743
Waltham1748
camouflaged1918
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > dress, garb > [adjective] > to conceal head or face
visoredc1380
in masker1519
in maska1533
muffled1566
vizarded1593
viserneda1599
masked1599
bemasked1620
larvated1623
crape-faced1815
bird-masked1876
stocking-masked1971
ski-masked1976
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. i. ix. (R.) The bemasked gentleman.
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