gloze
to explain away; extenuate; gloss over (usually followed by over).
Archaic. to make glosses; comment.
Archaic. flattery or deceit.
Obsolete. a specious show.
Origin of gloze
1Other 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 DarganHe rejected all the glozing euphemisms which had lulled the House of Lords.
Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography | George William Erskine RussellI said emphaticallyHe probably found in it some glozing-over of his own vices.
The Sorrows of Satan | Marie CorelliLet it suffice him, that he wrong'd me once, Deceived me once, henceforth his glozing arts Are lost on me.
The Iliad of Homer | HomerHe was ingenious in glozing over truths; she, nearly unerring in detecting them.
Afloat And Ashore | James Fenimore Cooper
British Dictionary definitions for gloze
/ (ɡləʊz) archaic /
(tr often foll by over) to explain away; minimize the effect or importance of
to make explanatory notes or glosses on (a text)
to use flattery (on)
flattery or deceit
an explanatory note or gloss
specious or deceptive talk or action
Origin of gloze
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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