unmask

Definition

To remove a mask from someone.

Etymology

From un- + mask.

Example Sentences

• "The Charieſt maide is prodigall enough, / If ſhe vnmaske hir beautie to the Moone."
• "But instead of a direct answer to so important a question, Jones began to be very importunate with the lady to unmask; and at length having prevailed, there appeared not Mrs Fitzpatrick, but the Lady Bellaston herself."
• "[…] to unmask and to assume her 'natural' role (rather than her 'fitting in' role)."