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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

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