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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cozen \Coz"en\ (k?z"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cozened} (-'nd); p. pr & vb n. {Cozening} (-'n-?ng). ] [From cousin, hence literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner.] To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way He had cozened the world by fine phrases. --Macaulay. Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters. --Locke. Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. --Clarendon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cozen \Coz"en\, v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully. Some cogging, cozening slave. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cozen v 1: be false to be dishonest with [syn: {deceive}, {lead on}, {delude}] 2: act with artful deceit 3: cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"
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