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foist

  [foist]
Use foist in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually fol. by on or upon): to foist inferior merchandise on a customer.
2. to bring, put, or introduce surreptitiously or fraudulently (usually fol. by in or into): to foist political views into a news story.
Origin:
1535–45; < D dial. vuisten, deriv. of vuist fist

Fo⋅ïsm

  [foh-iz-uhm]
–noun
Chinese Buddhism.
Origin:
Fo + -ism

Related forms:
Foïst, noun
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foist   (foist)   
tr.v.   foist·ed, foist·ing, foists

  1. To pass off as genuine, valuable, or worthy: "I can usually tell whether a poet . . . is foisting off on us what he'd like to think is pure invention" (J.D. Salinger).

  2. To impose (something or someone unwanted) upon another by coercion or trickery: They had extra work foisted on them because they couldn't say no to the boss.

  3. To insert fraudulently or deceitfully: foisted unfair provisions into the contract.


[Probably Dutch dialectal vuisten, to take in hand, from Middle Dutch, from vuist, fist; see penkwe in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

foist 
1545, from Du. vuisten "take in hand," from M.Du. vuist "fist." Earliest sense was cheating at dice by concealing one in the palm of the hand; meaning "introduce surreptitiously" is from 1563.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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