cozeneth

Verb (1)

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.
   • "As I see it, Master Fraser, a 'bairn' ought to be verra concerned when a mon thrice her age cozens up to her."2008, Hannah Howell, Silver Flame, page 354

Verb (2)

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.
   • […] good Vulcan, for Cupids sake that hath cousned us all: befriend us as thou maiest […]c. 1590 (date written), G[eorge] P[eele], The Old Wiues Tale. […], London: […] Iohn Danter, for Raph Hancocke, and Iohn Hardie, […], published 1595, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   beguile, abuse, beglammer, counterfeit, deceive, catch, trap into, dissemble, dissimulate, feign

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