guise, pretence, pretext, pretense - an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

[이영식영어연구소]

guise, pretence, pretext, pretense - an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

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Guise Second Duke. Title of François de Lorraine. 1519-1563.

French general and politician who suppressed the Huguenots.

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Guise, Third Duke. Title of Henri de Lorraine. 1550-1588.

French military leader who helped plan the massacre of Huguenots on Saint Bartholomew's Day, 1572. His designs on the throne led to his assassination by order of Henry III.

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guise

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.

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[Middle English, manner, fashion, from Old French, of Germanic origin; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

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guise [gaɪz]

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

1. Dialect to disguise or be disguised in fancy dress

2. (tr) Archaic to dress or dress up

[from Old French guise, of Germanic origin; see wise²]

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Noun

1.

guise - an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" pretence, pretext, pretense semblance, gloss, color, colour - an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"

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guise

noun

1. form, appearance, dress, fashion, shape, aspect, mode, semblance

-He claimed the Devil had appeared to him in the guise of a goat.

2. pretence, show, mask, disguise, face, front, aspect, façade, semblance

-Fascism is on the rise under the guise of conservative politics.

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