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Another word for guise

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Noun

  1. A deceptive outward appearance

    See also:

    show

  2. A set or style of clothing

    See also:

    put-on

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Another word for guise

Noun
  1. See also:

    appearance

    appearance

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Sentence Examples

  • In this guise he passed into European worship in the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D.

  • to refuse absolution to the king after the murder of the Guise princes.

  • It was first visited by a European in 1854 when (Sir) Richard Burton spent ten days there in the guise of an Arab.

  • Almost immediately afterwards an agitation of a still less defensible character broke out in various towns under the guise of anti-clericalism.

  • A world where political action was represented in such guise was ripe for overthrow, or could only be saved by a great mental reformation."

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