cozen
(verb) cheat or trick; โHe cozened the money out of the old manโ
cozen
(verb) act with artful deceit
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
(verb) be false to; be dishonest with
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cozen (third-person singular simple present cozens, present participle cozening, simple past and past participle cozened)
(intransitive) To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or familiar with.
• Usually used with up.
cozen (third-person singular simple present cozens, present participle cozening, simple past and past participle cozened)
(archaic) To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. [from late 16th c.]
Synonym: beguile
Modern usage is generally to effect a dated style.
Source: Wiktionary
Coz"en (kz"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cozened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cozening (-'n-ng). ] Etym: [From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner.]
Definition: To cheat; to defrand; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. He had cozened the world by fine phrases. Macualay. Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters. Locke. Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him, and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. Clarendon.
Coz"en, v. i.
Definition: To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully. Some cogging,cozening slave. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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