different between cozen vs mislead

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)

1. (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)

1. (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

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English misleden, from Old English misl?dan (“to mislead”), from Proto-Germanic *missalaidijan? (“to mislead”), equivalent to mis- +? lead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?s?li?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Verb

mislead (third-person singular simple present misleads, present participle misleading, simple past and past participle misled) (transitive)

1. (literally) To lead astray, in a false direction.
2. To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.
3. To deceptively trick into something wrong.

   The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin

4. To accidentally or intentionally confuse.

Synonyms

• (lead in a false direction): forlead, misguide, misinform
• (deceive by giving a false impression): deceive, delude, beguile, cheat
• (trick into something wrong): seduce

Antonyms

• guide, lead, direct

Derived terms

• misleading (adjective)

Translations

References

• mislead in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• mislead in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• elasmid, m'ladies, medial s, medials, misdeal, smailed