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Meanings of cozen in English

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Be false to; be dishonest with.

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To cause someone to believe an untruth; to practice trickery or fraud.

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Examples for "deceive"
Examples for "deceive"
1
I could not deceive her; she had seen it in my eye.
The Mayor's Wife
2
But it was in vain; she could not deceive her rising jealousy.
The Fortune Hunter
3
You cannot deceive me; I have seen the world and know it.
A Knight of the Nineteenth Century
4
Mr Quigley told parliament Mr Palmer had tried to deceive the public.
News.com.au
5
The audience is taken by the hand and led to deceive themselves.
Hiding the Elephant
1
So choose; but don't delude yourself that it is not a choice.
A journey: my political life
2
Perhaps he wasn't just pretending to hear voices to delude the gullible.
Dancer’s Lament
3
The rest are happy if they can delude themselves for the moment.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
4
If I can delude the woman through the muse, I am satisfied.
Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky
5
He smiled boyishly, convinced he would always be able to delude her.
Jewels
1
DPMC wanted to take the lead on this problem, Mr Kibblewhite said.
Radio NZ
2
If you want to help us, then by all means lead on.
The bone palace
3
Looking back, Cohler says, Parker was absolutely the lead on those negotiations.
The facebook effect: the inside story of the company that is con...
4
We got a possible lead on a van in the Cumberland River.
The abduction
5
It was Saturday, which meant Garrett was the lead on the case.
Book of shadows
Usage of cozen in English
1
This day my cozen Thomas dropped his hanger, and it was lost.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 24: September/October 1663
2
Thence to the Temple to my cozen Roger Pepys, and thence to Serjt.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 20: January/February 1662-63
3
I must cozen a supply of those, before I leave.
The Postman
4
Don't cozen me, Snow, you know I won't have it.
A clash of kings
5
There is no help for it but that I cozen him into divorcing me.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09
6
All women think they can cozen men: few women think they can cozen women.
Hints for Lovers
7
His study is to counterfeit impotency, and his practice to cozen simplicity of charity.
Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century
8
He calls me cozen and seems a very knowing man.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 05: May 1660
9
This day I sent my cozen Roger a tierce of claret, which I give him.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 56: August 1667
10
This morning my cozen Thomas Pepys, the turner, sent me a cupp of lignum vitae
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 08: October/November/December 166...
11
He thinks to cozen us with his cheap words.
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
12
You thought to cozen that poor, harmless old man out of his property-outof me.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
13
Another friend she would say 'here comes cozen Auckney'.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
14
The miserly Lombard would cozen you of your honor if he could but sell it again.
The Black Wolf's Breed / A Story of France in the Old World and ...
15
Here to the Lobby, and spoke with my cozen Roger, who is going to Cambridge to-morrow.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 21: March/April 1662-63
16
Here Eliza found a disreputable-looking person trying to cozen Mary into admitting him to the house.
Kathleen
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Cozen through the time
Cozen across language varieties
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