v. [f. BE- 2 + MASK v.] trans. To mask, to cover or conceal with a mask. Hence Bemasked ppl. a.
1579. Tomson, Calvin’s Serm. Tim., 409/2. The Popish Bishops … doe so bemaske them selues, as though they should play the part in a play.
1620. Shelton, Quix., I. IV. i. (T.). Which have thus bemasked your singular beauty under so unworthy an array. Ibid., I. ix. (R.). The bemasked gentleman.
