guise
Use Guise in a sentence
noun
1.
general external appearance; aspect; semblance: an old principle in a new guise.
2.
assumed appearance or mere semblance: under the guise of friendship.
3.
style of dress: in the guise of a shepherd.
4.
Archaic. manner; mode.
verb (used with object)
5.
to dress; attire: children guised as cowboys.
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verb (used without object)
6.
Scot. and North England. to appear or go in disguise.
Origin:
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English g(u)ise < Old French < Germanic; see wise2: (v.) Middle English gisen, derivative of the noun
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English g(u)ise < Old French < Germanic; see wise2: (v.) Middle English gisen, derivative of the noun
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| —n | |
| 1. | semblance or pretence: under the guise of friendship |
| 2. | external appearance in general |
| 3. | archaic manner or style of dress |
| 4. | obsolete customary behaviour or manner |
| —vb | |
| 5. | dialect to disguise or be disguised in fancy dress |
| 6. | archaic (tr) to dress or dress up |
| [C13: from Old French guise, of Germanic origin; see | |
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Word Origin & History
guise
c.1275, from O.Fr. guise, from Frank. *wisa (cf. O.H.G. wisa "manner, wise").
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Example sentences
Hopefully, the book's re-appearance in slightly new guise will help its ideas gain an even wider audience.
It is under this guise only that the product has been bonded for universal export.
First of all, there is no guarantee that violence will not reappear under a different guise.
Even guys on the runway got the fur treatment, in the guise of coats and vests.
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