Cozen
Pronunciation : Coz"en (kz"'n)
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner.]
Definition : Defn: To cheat; to defrand; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. He had cozened the world by fine phrases. Macualay. Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters. Locke. Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him, and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. Clarendon.
t. [imp. & p. p. Cozened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cozening (-'n-ng). ]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Coz"en
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully. Some cogging,cozening slave. Shak.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913