guide, gyden, gyde

t. [Fr. guider; Ital. guidare; Sp.guiar; ultimately from Goth. witan = to watch; A. S. witan to know, witan =to observe; hence the original meaning was to cause or make to know, to show.] 1. To direct, lead or conduct in a way, course, or path. "A foole may eke a wise man oft gide ." Chaucer: Troilus , bk. i. 2. To direct, to rule, to regulate, to manage. "How incapable is he frequently found of guiding himself."-Goldsmith: On Polite Learning , ch. x. 3. To point out the course to be pursued by; to direct or lead toward the proper or correct course. "To a ist your recollection, and guide your judgment." -Sir W. Jones: Charge to the Grand Jury at Calcutta , Dec. 4, 1788. 4. To influence; to direct, turn, or lead in any direction. "In all this they are guided by nature." -Burke: On the Sublime and Beautiful , pt. iii., s. 9. 5. To instruct and direct. *6. To attend to, to manage, to superintend. "I will that the younger woman marry, bear children. and guide the house."-1 Timothy v. 14. For the difference between to guide and to con duct , see CONDUCT.