† 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).

单词	cretize
释义	† 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). < v.1655
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