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Webster 1913 Edition


Unmask

Un-mask′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
mask
.]
To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose.

Un-mask′

,
Verb.
I.
To put off a mask.
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Webster 1828 Edition


Unmask

UNM'ASK

,
Verb.
T.
To strip of a mask or of any disguise; to lay open what is concealed.

UNM'ASK

,
Verb.
I.
To put off a mask.

Definition 2024


unmask

unmask

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Verb

unmask (third-person singular simple present unmasks, present participle unmasking, simple past and past participle unmasked)

  1. (transitive) To remove a mask from someone.
  2. (transitive) To expose, or reveal the true character of someone.
  3. (intransitive) To remove one's mask.

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