gloze
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
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Archaic. flattery or deceit.
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Obsolete. a specious show.
verb
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to explain away; minimize the effect or importance of
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to make explanatory notes or glosses on (a text)
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to use flattery (on)
noun
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flattery or deceit
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an explanatory note or gloss
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specious or deceptive talk or action
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of gloze
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French gloser < Medieval Latin glossāre; see gloss 2
Example Sentences
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"For illustration, here are some shorties which we'd call real $7 words, and wouldn't use here at this time without explanation: adit, erg, ergo, ohm, gloze, cozen, griff, modal, mure, snash, viable."
From Time Magazine Archive
He did not stoop to gloze his own monumental flippancy.
From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie
Doub′le-gild, to gild with double coatings of gold: to gloze over.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
"You know as well as I that it does not gloze a poor book, nor pass over defects in silence."
From The Story of an Untold Love by Ford, Paul Leicester
They now repent the deed of blame, Would gladly gloze it over; They dare not glory in their shame; The facts almost they cover.
From Rampolli by MacDonald, George
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