gloze
1Gloze — 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.… …
2Gloze — Gloze, v. t. To smooth over; to palliate. [1913 Webster] By glozing the evil that is in the world. I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] …
3Gloze — 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] …
4gloze — gloss, whitewash, *palliate, extenuate, whiten Analogous words: condone, *excuse: justify, rationalize, *explain, account: dissemble, cloak, mask, *disguise, camouflage …
5gloze — [glōz] vt., vi. glozed, glozing [ME glosen < OFr gloser < glose: see GLOSS2] 1. Obs. to make glosses or comments (on); explain: the original meaning 2. Now Rare to explain away or gloss ( over) 3. Obs. to fawn or flatter (someone) n …
6gloze — 1. noun a) A comment in the margin. b) Flattery. 2. verb To extenuate, explain away, gloss over. ANTIOCHUS.He …
7gloze — [c]/gloʊz/ (say glohz) verb (glozed, glozing) –verb (t) 1. to palliate with specious talk. –verb (i) 2. Obsolete to make glosses; comment. –noun Obsolete 3. flattery or deceit. 4. a specious show. –phrase 5 …
8gloze — v. 1 tr. (also gloze over) explain away; extenuate; palliate. 2 intr. archaic a (usu. foll. by on, upon) comment. b talk speciously; fawn. Etymology: ME f. OF gloser f. glose f. med.L glosa, gloza f. L glossa tongue, GLOSS(2) …
9gloze over — To explain away falsely or insincerely • • • Main Entry: ↑gloze …
10gloze — I. transitive verb (glozed; glozing) Etymology: Middle English glosen to gloss, flatter, from glose gloss Date: 14th century archaic gloss IV,1 II. transitive verb (glozed; glozing) Date: 14th century …
