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guide(2) (iou) and Triple Alliance, War of the (sh)


guide(2) (iou)



guide verb trans. LME.
[Old & mod. French guider alt. of guier (whence GUY verb1), from Proto-Romance from Germanic, from alt. of base of WIT verb.]
Act or serve as a guide to; go with or before to lead the way. LME.
guided tour: led by or having a guide in charge.
R. H. Mottram She dropped her things, and, guided by George's voice, found the bedroom. N. Shute He took her arm to guide her through the Saturday evening crowds.
a. Lead, command, (an army, soldiers). LME-M16.
b. Manage, control, (money, property, a process). Now Scot. LME.
Sir W. Scott Them that sells the goods guide the pursethem that guide the purse rule the house.
c. Manage the affairs of (a household, a state). Long rare. LME.
Lead or direct in a course of action, the formation of opinions, etc.; influence; advise; be the principle, motive, or ground of (an action, judgement, etc.). LME.
O. Sitwell Policy is guided by feeling, not by cold reason. M. McCarthy She wanted to guide Dottie to discover her own real feelings.
Direct the motion or course of (something inanimate). LME.
guided missile: operating by remote control or as directed automatically by equipment inside it. guiding telescope a visual telescope fixed to a photographic telescope so that the latter can be manually made to follow a star etc. kept in position in the field of view of the former during an exposure.
J. B. Priestley Long rows of Sewing machines worked by electric power but guided by hand. R. V. Jones Bosch was to design the Radio beam system that guided some of the V-2 rockets.
Treat or handle (a person) in a specified way. Scot. & north. E18.
guidable adjective L17.

Triple Alliance, War of the (sh)




or Paraguayan War

(1864/65-70) Bloodiest conflict in Latin American history, fought between Paraguay and the allied countries of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.

The Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano Lopez (1827-70), objecting to Brazil's interference in the Politics of neighbouring Uruguay, declared war on Brazil in 1864. The next year Argentina organized the Triple Alliance with Brazil and Uruguay. After three years of fighting, the allies annihilated the Paraguayan forces, but Solano Lopez carried on a guerrilla war until he was killed. Paraguay was devastated by the war; its population was reduced by half, and territory covering some 55,000 sq mi (140,000 sq km) was annexed by Brazil and Argentina.