Library / English Dictionary

GUISE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artful or simulated semblance

Example:

under the guise of friendship he betrayed them

Synonyms:

guise; pretence; pretense; pretext

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("guise" is a kind of...):

color; colour; gloss; semblance (an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb guise

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