'Gloze' definitions:
Definition of 'Gloze'
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- Gloze \Gloze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glozed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glozing.] [OE. glosen, F. gloser. See gloss explanation.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- A false, glozing parasite. --South. [1913 Webster]
- So glozed the tempter, and his proem tuned. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gloze'
From: GCIDE
- Gloze \Gloze\, v. t. To smooth over; to palliate. [1913 Webster]
- By glozing the evil that is in the world. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gloze'
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- Gloze \Gloze\, n.
- 1. Flattery; adulation; smooth speech. [1913 Webster]
- Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specious show; gloss. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]