MASCHERATE VERB to disguise the appearance of something, to mask, to conceal ...1654 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Italian mascherare (to mask, to hide, to conceal) from maschera + - ate FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1654 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Wicked man, answered the Infanta, how skilfull thou art to mascherate thy excuses! Thy perfidiousnesse might move me, if I had not proved the dammages of thy disloyalty. Tell me, tell me, perfidious man, how thou canst colour thy flight?..." From: Dianea: An Excellent New Romance Written in Italian by Giovanni Francesco Loredano Translated into English by Sir Aston Cokaine
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