GUISE, n. gize. 1. External appearance; dress; garb. He appeared in the guise of a shepherd. The hypocrite wears the guise of religion. That love which is without dissimulation, wears not the guise of modern liberality.2. Manner; mien; cast of behavior. By their guise Just men they seem.3. Custom; mode; practice. The swain replied, it never was our guise, To slight the poor, or aught humane despise.
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