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
To gloze over your deeds and machinations, to deny the dark cowardly work that has stabbed my peace for ever!
From Infelice by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
Why should we gloze and flatter, to be proved Liars hereafter?
From Oedipus Trilogy by Storr, Francis
It's the pair o' them," Tommy said to Elspeth at the first opportunity, "that sometimes comes here at nights and kindles the fire and warms themsels at the gloze.
From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
I wish to gloze over nothing; I did not make my own nature, and in these pages I describe it as it was and is without palliation or excuse.
From Doctor Therne by Haggard, Henry Rider
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