overmaskv.
/ˌəʊvəˈmɑːsk/, /ˌəʊvəˈmask/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈmæsk/ transitive. To cover or conceal as with a mask.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)]
heeleOE
forhelec888
i-hedec888
dernc893
hidec897
wryOE
behelec1000
behidec1000
bewryc1000
forhidec1000
overheleOE
hilla1250
fealc1325
cover1340
forcover1382
blinda1400
hulsterc1400
overclosec1400
concealc1425
shroud1426
blend1430
close1430
shadow1436
obumber?1440
mufflea1450
alaynec1450
mew?c1450
purloin1461
to keep close?1471
oversilec1478
bewrap1481
supprime1490
occulta1500
silec1500
smoor1513
shadec1530
skleir1532
oppressa1538
hudder-mudder1544
pretex1548
lap?c1550
absconce1570
to steek away1575
couch1577
recondite1578
huddle1581
mew1581
enshrine1582
enshroud1582
mask1582
veil1582
abscondc1586
smotherc1592
blot1593
sheathe1594
immask1595
secret1595
bemist1598
palliate1598
hoodwinka1600
overmaska1600
hugger1600
obscure1600
upwrap1600
undisclose1601
disguise1605
screen1611
underfold1612
huke1613
eclipsea1616
encavea1616
ensconcea1616
obscurify1622
cloud1623
inmewa1625
beclouda1631
pretext1634
covert1647
sconce1652
tapisa1660
shun1661
sneak1701
overlay1719
secrete1741
blank1764
submerge1796
slur1813
wrap1817
buttress1820
stifle1820
disidentify1845
to stick away1900
a1600 Battle of Balrinnes in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 347 Ower maskit was the moone.
1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche iv. xxv. 50 They with outward smile O'ermasked their hate, and called her sweet and dear.
1985 Science 8 Mar. 1247/3 In reference to behavioral measures, the average ICC neuron was overmasked by 4·5 dB.
2000 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 Apr. c9 Not all who write their own obituaries are trying to overmask their sins or overtrumpet their heroics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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