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单词 cretize
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Cretizev.

/kriːtʌɪz/
Etymology: < Greek κρητίζειν to play the Cretan, to lie, cheat, < Κρήτη Crete. (Compare Titus i. 12.)
Obsolete or archaic.
1. intransitive. To play the Cretan, i.e. to lie, tell lies.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lie, tell lies [verb (intransitive)]
lie971
leasec1000
triflec1305
gabc1330
fablec1525
fitten1577
falsify1629
Cretize1655
a bottle of smoke1787
wrinkle1819
blague1883
1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (vi. 8) ii. 102 To lye, was in a proverbiall speech, said to cretize, or play the Cretians.
1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 51 17 He ‘bounced’ a little, he ‘Cretized’.
2. transitive. To overreach or outdo by lying. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > treat cunningly [verb (transitive)] > circumvent or overreach
overgoc1275
circumvene1526
circumvent1564
undercreep1592
overreach1594
circuit1614
out-juggle1620
outwit?1630
out-plot1648
overwit1671
Cretizea1673
outjockey1714
to steal a march1771
to get over ——1784
Jew1825
outfox1872
outsmart1926
blindside1968
a1673 J. Caryl in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1870) I. Ps. xviii. 26 He will Cretize the Cretians, supplant the supplanters.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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