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; see 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

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)

Any attempt to gloze the situation, he felt, would be futile.

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph

"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

It would be, of course, possible to refine on and gloze over certain points of the teaching.

From The Soul of a People by Fielding, H. (Harold)