guise
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[edit] English
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[edit] 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
- 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.
- External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
- Cover; cloak
- Under the guise of patriotism
- (Internet slang) guys.
- Sup guise
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way of speaking or acting
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appearance in manner or dress
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cover;cloak
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- IPA: /giz/
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guise f. (plural guises)
- way
- le faire à ma guise
- do it my way
- Je l'ai laissé chanter à sa guise.
- I let him sing his way.
- en guise de
- by way of
- en guise de
- as
- le faire à ma guise
[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
guise f.
- Plural form of guisa.
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[edit] Spanish
[edit] Verb
guise (infinitive guisar)
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