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cozen
English
Etymology 1
From coz(y) +? -en.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??z?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?ko?z?n/
Verb
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.
Usage notes
- Usually used with up.
Etymology 2
Perhaps from obsolete Italian cozzonare (“to cheat”), from cozzone (“middleman, broker”), from Latin cocio (“dealer”).
Alternative forms
- coosen, coosin (both obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?z?n/
- Rhymes: -?z?n
- Homophone: cousin
Verb
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.]
- 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 54-56,[1]
- […] good Vulcan, for Cupids sake that hath cousned us all: befriend us as thou maiest […]
- 1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Act III, Scene 2,
- What devil was't / That thus hath cozen'd you at hoodman-blind?
- a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, 1851, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, Volume 1, page 895,
- It is certain that children may be cozened into goodness, and sick men to health, and passengers in a storm into safety; and the reason of these is, — because not only the end is fair, and charitable, and just, but the means are such which do no injury to the persons which are to receive benefit; […] .
- 1866, Spoils, By a Receiver, Charles Chauncey Burr (editor), The Old Guard: A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Principles of 1776 and 1787, Volume 4, page 497,
- The man, too, who has been matrimonially cozened, "would all the world might be cozened," for he has been cozened, and beaten too; but with him the cudgel is "hallowed;" he would "hang it o'er the altar;" perhaps for the reason given by the "Merry Wives of Windsor," because "it hath done meritorious service;" and no sooner is he, by a seemingly merciful disposition of Providence, released from the cudgeler, but he is in haste to be cozened and beaten again.
- 1914, Rafael Sabatini, The Gates of Doom, 2001, page 217,
- But that you should have been cozened with me, that my cozening should in part have been a natural sequel to your own, rather than an independent error of mine, is a helpful reflection to me in this dark hour.
- Synonym: beguile
- 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 54-56,[1]
Usage notes
Modern usage is generally to effect a dated style.
Related terms
- cozener
- cozenage
Translations
References
- Webster's New School and Office Dictionary, copyright 1962
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “cozen”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
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circumvent
English
Alternative forms
- circumvene
Etymology
Latin circum (“about”) + venire (“to come”)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nt
Verb
circumvent (third-person singular simple present circumvents, present participle circumventing, simple past and past participle circumvented)
- (transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
- (transitive) to surround or besiege
- (transitive) to outwit or outsmart
Derived terms
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