Found 3 items, similar to Guise.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: guise
kedok, samaran
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: guise
guise
n : an artful or simulated semblance;
“under the guise of
friendship he betrayed them” [syn:
pretense,
pretence,
pretext]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Guise
Guise
\Guise\ (g[imac]z), 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.
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The swain replied,
“It never was our guise
To slight the poor, or aught humane despise.”
--Pope.
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2. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate
indication or expression; garb; shape.
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As then the guise was for each gentle swain.
--Spenser.
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A . . . specter, in a far more terrific guise than
any which
ever yet have overpowered the imagination. --Burke.
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3. Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.
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