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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Guise \Guise\, n. [OE. guise, gise, way manner, F. guise, fr OHG. w[=i]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, ``It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise.'' --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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: guise n : an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" [syn: {pretence}, {pretext}]
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