guise

Noun
Synonyms: pretensepretencepretext

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. an artful or simulated semblance“under the guise of friendship he betrayed them”Synonyms: pretensepretencepretext
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Guise \Guise\ (g[imac]z), n. [OE. guise, gise, way, manner, F. guise, fr. OHG. w[imac]sa, G. weise. See Wise, n.]

1.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. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

The swain replied, "It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise."— Pope.[1913 Webster]

2.External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape. [1913 Webster]

As then the guise was for each gentle swain.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
A . . . specter, in a far more terrific guise than any which ever yet have overpowered the imagination.— Burke.[1913 Webster]

3.Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism. [1913 Webster]

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