to cover or conceal someone's face with a mask, or to hide or disguise something.
From 'be-' plus 'mask' (a covering for the face). The verb means to put on or apply a mask to something, making it covered or disguised.
Even though 'bemask' is archaic, it points to something true about masks in literature and history—masks don't just hide identity, they completely transform how we perceive someone, which is why masks fascinated medieval and Renaissance writers so much.
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