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Meanings of guise in English

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An artful or simulated semblance.

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        Usage of guise in English
        1
        Few expect Oxegen to reappear in its current guise any time soon.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Vinge warned that these inexpensive chips may create a guise for government.
        Wired
        3
        Expect these to start showing up in OEM guise early next year.
        Wired
        4
        In this guise she shall judge and decide the question which follows:
        Heart of the West
        5
        But Hillgarth had already come across him in a very different guise.
        Operation mincemeat: how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled th...
        6
        He was the arch-priest of all sensationalism in the guise of logic.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13: Great Writers / Dr Lord's U...
        7
        The four lads were no longer dressed in the guise of farmers.
        With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader
        8
        The proposal of the self-life came in very fascinating guise to him.
        Quiet Talks on Power
        9
        I visited North Korea last month in the guise of a tourist.
        The Guardian
        10
        She was, in fact, a storm petrel in the guise of woman.
        The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American...
        11
        And she indeed it was, but in the guise of an esquire.
        Old French Romances, Done into English
        12
        O'Toole and Misset rode beside the carriage in the guise of servants.
        Clementina
        13
        Under the guise of rifle clubs they keep themselves in excellent practice.
        I Spy
        14
        He had taken a dislike to alcohol even in its mildest guise.
        The Man Who Lost Himself
        15
        He had worn the guise almost continually since possessing Grant Kavanagh's body.
        The Neutronium Alchemist
        16
        To the pious it took on the alluring guise of a Crusade.
        The Story of Ireland
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