'Guise' definitions:

Definition of 'guise'

(from WordNet)
noun
An artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" [syn: guise, pretense, pretence, pretext]

Definition of 'Guise'

From: 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]

Synonyms of 'guise'

From: Moby Thesaurus