Aguise
//əˈɡaɪz// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Clothing, dress. obsolete, uncountable
"The glory of the Court, their faſhions, / And brave agguize with all their Princely ſtate, / Which Poets or Hiſtorians relate / This farre excels, farther than pompous Court / Excels the homelieſt garb of Country rate: […]"
Verb
- 1 To dress; to array. obsolete, transitive
"Sometimes her head she fondly would aguise With gaudy girlonds, or fresh flowrets dight About her neck"
Example
More examples"Sometimes her head she fondly would aguise With gaudy girlonds, or fresh flowrets dight About her neck"
Etymology
From a- + guise; compare disguise.
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