gloze

[ glohz ]
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verb (used with object),glozed, gloz·ing.
  1. to explain away; extenuate; gloss over (usually followed by over).

verb (used without object),glozed, gloz·ing.
  1. Archaic. to make glosses; comment.

noun
  1. Archaic. flattery or deceit.

  2. Obsolete. a specious show.

Origin of gloze

1
1250–1300; Middle English <Old French gloser<Medieval Latin glossāre;see gloss2

Other words from gloze

  • gloz·ing·ly, adverb
  • un·glozed, adjective

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How to use gloze in a sentence

  • To the outer glozing fame That now attires us splendent, we may add Inmost applause.

    The Mortal Gods and Other Plays | Olive Tilford Dargan
  • He rejected all the glozing euphemisms which had lulled the House of Lords.

    Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography | George William Erskine Russell
  • I said emphaticallyHe probably found in it some glozing-over of his own vices.

    The Sorrows of Satan | Marie Corelli
  • Let it suffice him, that he wrong'd me once, Deceived me once, henceforth his glozing arts Are lost on me.

  • He was ingenious in glozing over truths; she, nearly unerring in detecting them.

    Afloat And Ashore | James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for gloze

gloze

/ (ɡləʊz) archaic /


verb
  1. (tr often foll by over) to explain away; minimize the effect or importance of

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

  1. to use flattery (on)

noun
  1. flattery or deceit

  2. an explanatory note or gloss

  1. specious or deceptive talk or action

Origin of gloze

1
C13: from Old French glosser to comment; see gloss ²

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