Mask, Masque, Mosqued?

Mask, Masque, Mosqued?
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People wear masks to disguise themselves in order to mislead, deceive, terrorise or amuse others. Mask functions as a noun, and verb. 

People wear masks to disguise themselves in order to mislead, deceive, terrorise or amuse others.
Mask functions as a noun, and verb.
Mask is a covering of the face, either partly or fully. Mask is covering to disguise someone or somebody, to amuse.
Mask is a veil.
Mask is the false face.
Mask can be made of fibre, gauze, non-transparent material that fits over all the facial features.
Some people wear masks as a prevention against infections, as a protection against pollutants such as the air pollution.
Surgeons in the operation theatres in a hospital wear masks to prevent infection.
Health therapists and hairdressers cover the face of the customers with a mask of herbs.
A mask of cucumbers can chill the face.
The masked terrorists are often difficult to detect even if they post videos of their acts on Internet robbers.
Mask is also used figuratively to describe something: A row of ashoka trees masked the house from the passer-by.
Masque is a noun.
Masque means masquerade.
Masque is a type of entertainment (performance): an allegorical dramatic entertainment that was popular in Medieval Age. Masque was performed by entertainers often wearing masks.
Masque was performed to entertain the nobility in England.
The masked entertainers in a masque played out the characters of mythology.
Masque, also spelled as mask, is a festival of offering gifts to the hosts.
‘Whether he sets his tales in Africa, England, his native Trinidad or anywhere else, V. S. Naipaul is always writing about V. S. Naipaul. In this respect, “The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief,” his 30th book and 16th volume of nonfiction, is not different. This latest journey to the continent is part of a larger whole, the developing narrative of a single consciousness.’ –nytimes.com
In one sense, masque and mask has the same meaning: to cover something. A face of mask or masque to protect from the pollutants in the air.
Mosque is a place of worship for Muslims.
Mosque is a noun.
Mosque, the noun has been inflected to function as a verb mosqued: “Mosqued objectives” was a title of an article published in The Economist. It reported about Turkey’s President RecepTayyip Erdogan pointing that his regime had been funding building of mosques (in Albania, and aimed to build one in Cuba!) in an effort to revive his country’s imperial heritage especially in Ottoman lands.
Performance of masque may not be popular with the rise of other forms of entertainment such as cinema, sports and music but it has a place.

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