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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkəʊzən/ [UK], /ˈkoʊzən/ [US] Forms: cozens [present, singular, third-person], cozening [participle, present], cozened [participle, past], cozened [past]
Rhymes: -əʊzən Etymology: From coz(y) + -en. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cozy|-en|alt1=coz(y)|id2=inchoative}} coz(y) + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} cozen (third-person singular simple present cozens, present participle cozening, simple past and past participle cozened)
  1. (intransitive) To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or familiar with. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-cozen-en-verb-ZGNfIGAF Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌzən/ Forms: cozens [present, singular, third-person], cozening [participle, present], cozened [participle, past], cozened [past]
Rhymes: -ʌzən Etymology: Perhaps from obsolete Italian cozzonare (“to cheat”), from cozzone (“middleman, broker”), from Latin cōciō (“dealer”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|it|cozzonare||to cheat}} Italian cozzonare (“to cheat”), {{der|en|la|cōciō||dealer}} Latin cōciō (“dealer”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} cozen (third-person singular simple present cozens, present participle cozening, simple past and past participle cozened)
  1. (archaic) To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. Tags: archaic Synonyms: beguile, deceive, coosen, coosin, cosen [obsolete] Related terms: cozener, cozenage Translations (archaic: to cheat, defraud): мамя (mamja) (Bulgarian), bedriegen (Dutch), надува́ть (naduvátʹ) [neuter] (Russian), моро́чить (moróčitʹ) [neuter] (Russian), обма́нывать (obmányvatʹ) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cozen-en-verb-IZOsUQc3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naduvátʹ",
      "sense": "archaic: to cheat, defraud",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "надува́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "moróčitʹ",
      "sense": "archaic: to cheat, defraud",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "моро́чить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obmányvatʹ",
      "sense": "archaic: to cheat, defraud",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обма́нывать"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cozen"
}

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