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Meanings of cozen in inglês

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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.

Usage of cozen in inglês
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.
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