| 释义 |
† Cretize, v. Obs. or arch.|kriːtaɪz|
[ad. Gr. κρητίζειν to play the Cretan, to lie, cheat, f. κρήτη Crete. (Cf. Titus i. 12.)]
1. intr. To play the Cretan, i.e. to lie, tell lies.
a1653Gouge Comm. Hebr. vi. 17 To lye, was in a proverbiall speech, said, to cretize, or play the Cretian. 1842Blackw. Mag. LI. 17 He ‘bounced’ a little, he ‘Cretized’.
†2. trans. To overreach or outdo by lying. Obs.
a1673J. Caryl in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xviii. 26 He will Cretize the Cretians, supplant the supplanters. |