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guise

  [gahyz] noun, verb, guised, guis⋅ing.
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–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.
–verb (used without object)
6. Scot. and North England. to appear or go in disguise.
Origin:
1175–1225; (n.) ME g(u)ise < OF < Gmc; see wise 2 : (v.) ME gisen, deriv. of the n.

Synonyms:
1. form, shape. See appearance.

Guise

  [geez]
–noun
1. Fran⋅çois de Lor⋅raine  [frahn-swa duh law-ren] , 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
2. his son, Hen⋅ri I de Lorraine  [ahn-ree] , Duc de, 1550–88, French general and leader of opposition to the Huguenots.
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guise   (gīz)   
n.  
  1. Outward appearance or aspect; semblance.
  2. False appearance; pretense: spoke to me under the guise of friendship.
  3. Mode of dress; garb: huddled on the street in the guise of beggars.
  4. Obsolete Custom; habit.

[Middle English, manner, fashion, from Old French, of Germanic origin; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]
Guise   (gēz)   
French general and politician who suppressed the Huguenots.
Guise, Third Duke. Title of Henri de Lorraine. 1550-1588.  
French military leader who helped plan the massacre of Huguenots on Saint Bartholomew's Day, 1572. His designs on the throne led to his assassination by order of Henry III.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : guise
Spanish: apariencia, forma, aspecto,
German: die Aufmachung,
Japanese: 身なり
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guise 
c.1275, from O.Fr. guise, from Frank. *wisa (cf. O.H.G. wisa "manner, wise").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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