Complete Definition of "guise"

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Noun

guise

#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.
#* 1924: Aristotle. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 5.
#*: dialecticians and sophists assume the same guise as the philosopher
#External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
#Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.

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