2. Verb. (third-person singular of guide) ¹
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Definition of Guides
1. guide [v] - See also: guide
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guides
Literary usage of Guides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1907)
"guides are, however, indispensable for expeditions among the higher mountains,
... As a class, the Swiss guides will be found to be intelligent and ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"The specification says: "Figure 1 is a front elevation of one of my improved
guides: Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same; Figure 3 is an elevation of ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1889)
"The most authentic guides for France are Hare's "Walks in Paris" and "Days Near
Paris." They have been prepared with great care, and are rich in literary ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"When the parts are in this relation, the opposite vertical movement of the two
guides or shifters must evidently carry the spool carriers at one side of the ..."
5. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... summon the 'carious actors by going to steps, beckoning and being tlie general
guides. Each actor as he comes on looks supremely humourous and bobs. ..."
6. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"Some of these men are employed as guides; for though an average officer, trusting
to his instruments and general knowledge of country, may take a command ..."
7. Italy, Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1896)
"In spring the snow is a serious obstacle, and in winter the guides object to
undertake the ascent. In spring only experienced mountaineers should attempt ..."
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