gloze

American  

[glohz] / gloʊz /

verb (used with object)

glozed, glozing

1. to explain away; extenuate; gloss over (usually followed byover ).

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verb (used without object)

glozed, glozing

1. Archaic. to make glosses; comment.

noun

1. Archaic. flattery or deceit.

2. Obsolete. a specious show.

gloze British  

/ ɡləʊz /

verb

1. to explain away; minimize the effect or importance of

2. to make explanatory notes or glosses on (a text)

3. to use flattery (on)

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noun

1. flattery or deceit

2. an explanatory note or gloss

3. specious or deceptive talk or action

Other Word Forms

• glozingly adverb
• unglozed adjective

Etymology

Origin of gloze

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French gloser < Medieval Latin glossāre; gloss ²

Example Sentences

"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

For vaunting that with his tongue he can well gloze over injustice, he dares to work deceit, but he is not over-wise.

From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides

"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

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)