françois de lorraine, 2nd duc de
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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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guise
c.1275, from O.Fr. guise, from Frank. *wisa (cf. O.H.G. wisa "manner, wise").
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