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GLOZES
Noun
glozes
plural of gloze
Verb
glozes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gloze
Source: Wiktionary
GLOZE
Gloze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glozed(); p. pr. & vb. n. Glozing.] Etym: [OE. glosen, F. gloser. See gloss explanation.]
1. To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly. Chaucer. A false, glozing parasite. South. So glozed the tempter, and his proem tuned. Milton.
2. To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret. Shak.
Gloze, v. t.
Definition: To smooth over; to palliate. By glozing the evil that is in the world. I. Taylor.
Gloze, n.
1. Flattery; adulation; smooth speech. Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by. Shak.
2. Specious show; gloss. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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