immask en · VERB
Etymology
From im- + mask.
Meanings
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(obsolete) To cover, as with a mask; to disguise or conceal.
The thick, dark mists of hell Which envelop gaunt envy and hate Thus immask'd, and in seeming security
1806, Andrew Becket, Socrates (poem):immaske our noted outward garments
c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| immasked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| immasked | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| immasks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| immasking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |