COZENED

Verb

cozened

simple past tense and past participle of cozen

Source: Wiktionary


COZEN

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



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