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cosed

cosed is the simple past and past participle of cose.

Meaning of cose

Verb

cose (third-person singular simple present coses, present participle cosing, simple past and past participle cosed)

  1. (intransitive) To make oneself cosy; to be snug.
    • Told her of the bad cooking here; that I could get nothing to eat here or, sometimes, even at Shibden. We agreed we would have things nice sometime, our tastes suit & we are very thoroughly happy together. We cosed very comfortably.a 1821, Anne Lister, quoted in 1992, Helena Whitbread, I Know My Own Heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister, 1791-1840 (page 171)

Questions about cosed

What is cosed the simple past and past participle of?
Cosed is the simple past and past participle of cose.

Words near cosed in the dictionary

  1. cosecants
  2. cosecreted
  3. cosecretion
  4. cosection
  5. cosections
  6. cosed
  7. cosediment
  8. cosedimentation
  9. cosedimentations
  10. cosedimented
  11. cosedimenting

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