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   Gloze (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glozed(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glozing.] [OE. glosen, F. gloser. See gloss explanation.]
   
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   1. To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly.  Chaucer.
   
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   A false, glozing parasite. South.
   
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   So glozed the tempter, and his proem tuned. Milton.
   
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   2. To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret.  Shak.
   
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   Gloze, v. t. To smooth over; to palliate.
   
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   By glozing the evil that is in the world. I. Taylor.
   
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   Gloze, n.
   1. Flattery; adulation; smooth speech.
   
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   Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by. Shak.
   
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   2. Specious show; gloss. [Obs.]  Sir P. Sidney.
   
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