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guise

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Noun

  1. A customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)
  2. An external appearance in manner or dress; an appropriate indication or expression; a garb; a shape.
  3. A misleading appearance; a cover, a cloak.
  4. Deliberate misspelling of guys.

Verb

  1. To dress.
  2. To act as a guiser; to go dressed up in a parade etc.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

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