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▪ I. cozening, vbl. n.|ˈkʌz(ə)nɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. cozen; cheating, fraudulent dealing; an imposture.
1576Fleming Caius' Eng. Dogges (1880) 27 With colourable shifts and cloudy cossening. 1621–51Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. i. ii. 43 Not..true bodies..meere illusions and cozenings. 1756Nugent Gr. Tour III. 141 The mysteries of over-reaching and cozening. 1824Dibdin Libr. Comp. 34 By plundering, oppression, cosening.
▪ II. ˈcozening, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That cozens; cheating, deceitful, fraudulent.
1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. 54 By which kind of theft, (for this coosoning shift is no better) they rake in great somes of mony. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. viii. 133 The..gulling of them with delusions and cousening devices. 1753Foote Eng. in Paris i. Wks. 1799 I. 33 The traders here are a..cozening people. 1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 182 A great stronghold Unto the cozening gods of old.
Hence † ˈcozeningly adv., in a cozening manner.
1611Cotgr., Pipeusement, deceitfully,..couseningly. |