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# guise

noun (guise, guises)

«guise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A guise is the outward form or appearance someone takes, often to hide who they really are. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guise/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a witch, a god or a king comes in disguise, pretending to be someone else

### Examples

- The witch came in the guise of a kind old woman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guise/#x1)
- Our Lord walks the earth under the guise of a beggar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guise/#x2)
- The fox came back in a new guise, as a travelling trader. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guise/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «guise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«guise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/guise.html) on Mova free.