Past tense of 'guise'; dressed in a particular manner or disguise; appeared in a specific guise or form.
From Middle English 'guisen,' from Old French 'guiser' (to dress or disguise). The verb form allows describing the action of putting on a guise or appearance.
This archaic verb form shows how 'guise' used to be an action—not just something you wore, but something you actively 'guised' yourself into, suggesting disguise as a deliberate transformative act.
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