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Guise
(gēz) French noble family including Francis of Lorraine, Second Duke of Guise (1519-1563), a military leader who defeated Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and battled the Huguenots. His son Henry of Lorraine, Third Duke of Guise (1550-1588), helped plan the St. Bartholomews' Day massacre of Huguenots in 1572 and was later assassinated by order of Henry III.
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.]
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guise
(ɡaɪz)n
1. semblance or pretence: under the guise of friendship.
2. external appearance in general
3. (Clothing & Fashion) archaic manner or style of dress
4. obsolete customary behaviour or manner
vb
5. dialect to disguise or be disguised in fancy dress
6. (tr) archaic to dress or dress up
[C13: from Old French guise, of Germanic origin; see wise2]
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guise
(gaɪz)n., v. guised, guis•ing. n.
1. general external appearance; aspect; semblance.
2. assumed appearance or mere semblance: an intrusive question asked in the guise of friendship.
3. style of dress.
4. Archaic. manner; mode.
v.t. 5. to dress; attire.
[1175–1225; Middle English g(u)ise < Old French < Germanic; see wise2]
syn: See appearance.
Guise
(giz)n.
1. François de Lorraine, 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
2. his son, Henri I de Lorraine, Duc de, 1550–88, French leader of opposition to the Huguenots.
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guise
Past participle: guised
Gerund: guising
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Noun | 1. | guise - an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" |
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guise
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Translations
على هَيْئَة، تحت قناع
přestrojení
forklædning
gervi
persirengimas
izlikšanāsmaskamaskēšanās
preoblečenie
aldatıcı görünüş
guise
[gaɪz] N in that guise → de esa maneraunder the guise of (= disguised as) → bajo el disfraz de (fig) → con el pretexto de
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guise
[ˈgaɪz] n → aspect m, apparence fin the guise of → sous l'apparence de
in a different guise → sous une autre apparence
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guise
n (= disguise) → Gestalt f; (= pretence) → Vorwand m; in the guise of a clown → als Clown verkleidet; under the guise of friendship/scientific research → unter dem Deckmantel der Freundschaft/der wissenschaftlichen Forschung; under the guise of doing something → unter dem Vorwand, etw zu tun
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guise
(gaiz) noun a disguised or false appearance. The thieves entered the house in the guise of workmen.
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