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gloze
[glohz] 
verb, glozed, gloz⋅ing, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to explain away; extenuate; gloss over (usually fol. by over). |
–verb (used without object)
| 2. | Archaic. to make glosses; comment. |
–noun
| 3. | Archaic. flattery or deceit. |
| 4. | Obsolete. a specious show. |
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| gloze (glōz) v. glozed, gloz·ing, gloz·es v. tr. To minimize or underplay; gloss: glozed over the embarrassing part. See Synonyms at palliate. v. intr. Archaic To use flattery or cajolery. [Middle English glosen, to interpret, explain away, from Old French gloser, from glose, gloss; see gloss2.] |
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Gloze
Gloze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glozed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glozing.] [OE. glosen, F. gloser. See gloss explanation.]1. To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly. --Chaucer. A false, glozing parasite. --South. So glozed the tempter, and his proem tuned. --Milton. 2. To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret. --Shak.Gloze
Gloze\, v. t. To smooth over; to palliate. By glozing the evil that is in the world. --I. Taylor.Gloze
Gloze\, n. 1. Flattery; adulation; smooth speech. Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by. --Shak. 2. Specious show; gloss. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
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