n. | 1. | Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; - often used formerly in such phrases as: |
2. | External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape. | |
3. | Cover; cloak; |
Noun | 1. | guise - an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" |