Gloze

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gloze \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gloze \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gloze \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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