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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
cozen .
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Examples
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Supped well, and the Doctor and I to bed together, calling cozens from his name and my office.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1662 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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Supped well, and the Doctor and I to bed together, calling cozens from his name and my office.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 15: March/April 1661-62 Samuel Pepys 1668
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Supped well, and the Doctor and I to bed together, calling cozens from his name and my office.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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Supped well, and the Doctor and I to bed together, calling cozens from his name and my office.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1661/62 Pepys, Samuel 1662
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He consorts with all mortals and immortals: a little he profits, but continually throughout the dark night he cozens the tribes of mortal men.
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The best is, he cozens you in a fair manner, and abuses you with great respect.
Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle
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He that superfines up another Mans Actions, cozens himself, as well as injures them.
Part I. Jealousy 1909
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The fond mother who cozens herself into the faith that her boy will some day be President of the United States builds on the same foundation as the duffer who enters a competition in which he is outclassed.
John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life Frederick Upham Adams 1890
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But with country cozens, those provincials who are not bone of your bone, and who nevertheless at every visit to town call upon you with an eager look and covetous smile, as if to say, 'Ask us to dinner, we once invited you to tea,' there is but one method to pursue; the cut -- the firm, unwavering, direct cut.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 Various 1840
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Felix put off this matter to a more convenient season, but we do not find that this more convenient season ever came; for the devil cozens us of all our time by cozening us of the present time.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
jmjarmstrong commented on the word cozens
JM cozens his cousins.
July 8, 2010