mask (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. More freq. fig. • mask (v.): I. Lit.: expr. by persōna and a verb: e. g. *personam induere (to m. oneself); p. addere capiti alicujus (to put a m. on a person's head), Plin. 12, 14, 32: v. to put on. II. More freq. fig.: to throw a veil over anything: dissĭmŭlo, 1: cf. Sall. Cat. 31, med., dissimulandi causa aut sui expurgandi, either in order to m. his designs or in order to clear himself. See also to disguise.