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guise
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?z/
- Rhymes: -a?z
- Homophone: guys
Etymology 1
From Middle English guise, gise, gyse, from Old French guisse, guise, vise (“guise, manner, way”), from Old Frankish *w?sa (“manner, way, fashion”), from Proto-Germanic *w?s? (“manner, way”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, view, behold, perceive”). Cognate with Old High German w?sa (“way, manner”), Old English w?se (“wise, way, fashion, custom, habit, manner”), Dutch wijze (“manner, way”). More at wise.
Noun
guise (plural guises)
- Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)
- 1924, Aristotle. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Aristotle. Metaphysics. Book 1, Part 5.
- dialecticians and sophists assume the same guise as the philosopher
- 1924, Aristotle. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Aristotle. Metaphysics. Book 1, Part 5.
- External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
- Misleading appearance; cover, cloak.
- Under the guise of patriotism
- 2013, Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' (in The Guardian, 13 September 2013)[1]
- Ought we be concerned that our rights to protest are being continually eroded under the guise of enhancing our safety?
Synonyms
- (customary way of acting): See Thesaurus:conduct
- (external appearance): See Thesaurus:guise
Related terms
- disguise
Translations
Verb
guise (third-person singular simple present guises, present participle guising, simple past and past participle guised)
- (archaic, transitive) To dress.
- (archaic, intransitive) To act as a guiser; to go dressed up in a parade etc.
Etymology 2
Noun
guise pl (plural only)
- (Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of guys.
- Sup guise? — What's up, guys?
Anagrams
- Segui, egusi
French
Etymology
From Middle French guise, from Old French guisse, guise, vise (“guise, manner, way”), from Old Frankish *w?sa (“manner, way, fashion”), from Proto-Germanic *w?s? (“manner, way”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, view, behold, perceive”). Cognate with Old High German w?sa (“way, manner”), Old English w?se (“wise, way, fashion, custom, habit, manner”). More at wise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?iz/
Noun
guise f (plural guises)
- way
- le faire à ma guise — do it my way
- Je l'ai laissé chanter à sa guise. — I let him sing his way.
- en guise de — by way of, as
Derived terms
- en guise de
Further reading
- “guise” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
guise f
- plural of guisa
Anagrams
- segui, seguì
Old French
Noun
guise f (oblique plural guises, nominative singular guise, nominative plural guises)
- way; manner
Descendants
- English: guise
- French: guise
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (guise, supplement)
Spanish
Verb
guise
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of guisar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of guisar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of guisar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of guisar.
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incarnation
English
Etymology
From Middle English incarnacion, borrowed from Old French incarnacion, from Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio, from Late Latin incarnari (“to be made flesh”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???k??(?)?ne???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
incarnation (countable and uncountable, plural incarnations)
- An incarnate being or form.
- 1815, Francis Jeffrey, Wordsworth's White Doe (review)
- She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead.
- 1922, Baroness Orczy, The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
- Robespierre, the very incarnation of lustful and deadly Vengeance, stands silently by..
- 1815, Francis Jeffrey, Wordsworth's White Doe (review)
- A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
- An assumption of human form or nature.
- A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.
- The act of incarnating.
- The state of being incarnated.
- (obsolete) A rosy or red colour; flesh colour; carnation.
- (medicine, obsolete) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.
Related terms
- carnal
- incarnate
- reincarnate
- reincarnation
Translations
Further reading
- incarnation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- incarnation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Middle French incarnation, from Old French incarnacion, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incarn?ti?, incarn?ti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.ka?.na.sj??/
Noun
incarnation f (plural incarnations)
- embodiment (entity typifying an abstraction)
Related terms
- incarner
Further reading
- “incarnation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French incarnacion, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incarn?ti?, incarn?ti?nem.
Noun
incarnation f (plural incarnations)
- (Christianity) Incarnation. Specifically, the incarnation of God in the form of Jesus Christ.
Descendants
- French: incarnation
References
- incarnation on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
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