Antonyms for cozen

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kuhz-uh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌz ən

Definition of cozen

Origin : 1560s, of uncertain origin; perhaps from French cousiner "cheat on pretext of being a cousin;" or from Middle English cosyn "fraud, trickery" (mid-15c.), which is perhaps related to Old French coçon "dealer, merchant, trader," from Latin cocionem "horse dealer." Related: Cozened; cozening; cozenage.

verb deceive

Example sentences :

It is the same with cousin (consanguineus), and to cozen or to deceive.
Extract from : « English Past and Present » by Richard Chevenix Trench

He had come to cozen me into letting him use me in return for a mockery of an honor.
Extract from : « The Plum Tree » by David Graham Phillips

Smile with an intent to do mischief, or cozen him whom he salutes.
Extract from : « Familiar Quotations » by John Bartlett

The world looks to them as if they could cozen it out of some ways and means of life.
Extract from : « The Crown of Wild Olive » by John Ruskin

But they cannot cozen it: they can only cozen their neighbours.
Extract from : « The Crown of Wild Olive » by John Ruskin

The archaic verb to cozen is a metaphor of quite another kind.
Extract from : « The Romance of Words (4th ed.) » by Ernest Weekley

This day my cozen Thomas dropped his hanger, and it was lost.
Extract from : « Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete » by Samuel Pepys

Up and there comes my she cozen Angier, of Cambridge, to me to speak about her son.
Extract from : « Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete » by Samuel Pepys

This day I sent my cozen Roger a tierce of claret, which I give him.
Extract from : « Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete » by Samuel Pepys

Yorkshire, to Yorkshire, or come Yorkshire over any person, to cheat or cozen him.
Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten

Synonyms for cozen

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