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De - Pt| English Dictionary: guise | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for guise | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Guise \Guise\, n. [OE. guise, gise, way, manner, F. guise, fr. OHG. w[c6]sa, G. weise. See {Wise}, n.] 1. Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself. --Chaucer. The swain replied, [bd]It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise.[b8] --Pope. 2. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape. As then the guise was for each gentle swain. --Spenser. A . . . specter, in a far more terrific guise than any which ever yet have overpowered the imagination. --Burke. 3. Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism. | |
