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  • adjective Archaic form of masked.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of masque.

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Examples

  • The genuflection toward the silent days continues with one shot masqued to an iris.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

  • Socialism in Europe is likely to be the rule of the official and policeman masqued by the theoretic sovereignty of an abstract State.

    Soul's brotherhood and the death of egoism Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • Democracy in Europe is the rule of the Cabinet minister, the corrupt deputy or the self-seeking capitalist masqued by the occasional sovereignty of a wavering populace.

    Soul's brotherhood and the death of egoism Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • Democracy in Europe is the rule of the Cabinet minister, the corrupt deputy or the self-seeking capitalist masqued by the occasional sovereignty of a wavering populace.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • Tessm and I thinked a nice, retro masqued ball would be teh fun.

    Mah butt… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • Socialism in Europe is likely to be the rule of the official and policeman masqued by the theoretic sovereignty of an abstract State.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • Waistcoat-pocket was Deputy-burgomaster first launch into underselling life, in which he scudi to be masqued by the same sky-scraper, devotion, courage, and asti galvanised in his military stormer.

    Blogs That Look Like Blogs But Ain’t – Splogs « Lorelle on WordPress 2006

  • Every year on October 31, in a faraway land called Central Jersey, in a wealthy little seaside village called Rumson, there is a big castle with a grand display of spooky masqued characters and opulent Halloween decorations that children from all over the land flock to while begging the town elders for tricks or treats.

    Sorry Kids: No Halloween With the Boss This Year! 2008

  • Aylmore can't remember the plot of the story exactly, but he remembers that it was about a strange masqued ball given by a certain Prince Prospero … and he says that he is quite certain of the sequence of the rooms, ending in that terrible ebony compartment.

    The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

  • For those who haven't read it, basically the idea is that a decadent regime is hiding behind thick castle walls from a plague which is devastating everyone outside, diverting itself by having a masqued ball.

    B2fxxx 2005

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