name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cozen
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈkəʊzən/
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US: /ˈkoʊzən/
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rhymes with -əʊzən
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/ˈkʌzən/
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rhymes with -ʌzən
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homophone: cousin
verb
Meaning 2
To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or familiar with.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
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verb
Meaning 3
To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: beguile, abuse, beglammer, counterfeit, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, feign, jiff, lead astray, overreach, put on, spoof, sham, trick
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
cheat or trick
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He cozened the money out of the old man
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acquire, win, gain, cheat, rip off, chisel
verb
Meaning 5
act with artful deceit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cheat, chisel
verb
Meaning 6
be false to; be dishonest with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deceive, lead on, delude
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: victimize, victimise
Narrower terms: betray, sell, cheat, chisel, shill, flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on, fool, gull, befool, cheat on, cuckold, wander, hoax, pull someone's leg, ensnare, entrap, frame, set up, humbug
History
Etymology
From coz(y) + -en.
Perhaps from obsolete Italian cozzonare (“to cheat”), from cozzone (“middleman, broker”), from Latin cōciō (“dealer”).
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: мамя (mamja) — archaic: to cheat, defraud
- Dutch: bedriegen — archaic: to cheat, defraud
- Russian: надува́ть (naduvátʹ) — archaic: to cheat, defraud
- Russian: моро́чить (moróčitʹ) — archaic: to cheat, defraud
- Russian: обма́нывать (obmányvatʹ) — archaic: to cheat, defraud