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guising

guising is the present participle and gerund of guise.

Meaning of guise

Verb

guise (third-person singular simple present guises, present participle guising, simple past and past participle guised)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To dress.
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To act as a guiser; to go dressed up in a parade etc.

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Noun

guising (plural guisings)

  1. (historical) A festival at which people disguised themselves in costumes and often played pranks.
    • [I]n more genial ages, your Christmas Guisings, Feasts of the Ass, Abbots of Unreason, were a considerable something: sincere sport they were[.]1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter 9, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book I (The Feast of Pikes), page 47

Forms of guising

Verb
alternative formguizing
Noun
pluralguisings

Questions about guising

What does guising mean?
Guising means a festival at which people disguised themselves in costumes and often played pranks.
What is guising the present participle and gerund of?
Guising is the present participle and gerund of guise.
What part of speech is guising?
Guising is a noun.
What is the plural of guising?
The plural of guising is guisings.

Words near guising in the dictionary

  1. guiser
  2. guisers
  3. guises
  4. Guisian
  5. Guisican
  6. guising
  7. Guisinger
  8. Guisingers
  9. guisings
  10. guissette
  11. guissettes

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