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Word of the Day 06/09/25 Gloze
Gloze (verb, noun)
gloze [ glohz ]
verb (used with object), glozed, glozing.
1. to explain away; extenuate; gloss over (usually followed by over ).
verb (used without object), glozed, glozing.
2. Archaic. to make glosses; comment.
noun
3. Archaic. flattery or deceit.
4. Obsolete. a specious show.
Other Word Forms
gloz ing·ly adverb
un·glozed adjective
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Origin: 1250–1300; Middle English < Old French gloser < Medieval Latin glossāre; gloss
Example Sentences
For, as of a boiling pot the lid must be set ajar, so with these fleshly wine-pots, to vent the heat of their inward parts: spite of which many die suddenly from drink; but 'tis a matter of religion to slur it, and gloze it, and charge some innocent disease therewith.
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It was natural that a mother should feel this strongly, and in a wrong-headed feminine way make difficulties greater in her efforts to gloze them over.
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These are to assure you, then, that let you pray how you may, or gloze over your base treatment with fine cozening Words and fair Promises, you shall have neither lot nor scot in my Threasure, which is indeed as you surmise hidden away in England, but the Secret whereof I shall impart neither to you nor to no man.
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The prophet is induced to say smooth things, to announce easy principles, to gloze over hard interpretations, to keep out of sight unwelcomed truths; and extraordinary courage is required of those who would resist this tendency to complaisance.
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Doub′le-gild, to gild with double coatings of gold: to gloze over.—n.
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gloze [ glohz ]
verb (used with object), glozed, glozing.
1. to explain away; extenuate; gloss over (usually followed by over ).
verb (used without object), glozed, glozing.
2. Archaic. to make glosses; comment.
noun
3. Archaic. flattery or deceit.
4. Obsolete. a specious show.
Other Word Forms
gloz ing·ly adverb
un·glozed adjective
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Origin: 1250–1300; Middle English < Old French gloser < Medieval Latin glossāre; gloss
Example Sentences
For, as of a boiling pot the lid must be set ajar, so with these fleshly wine-pots, to vent the heat of their inward parts: spite of which many die suddenly from drink; but 'tis a matter of religion to slur it, and gloze it, and charge some innocent disease therewith.
From Project Gutenberg
It was natural that a mother should feel this strongly, and in a wrong-headed feminine way make difficulties greater in her efforts to gloze them over.
From Project Gutenberg
These are to assure you, then, that let you pray how you may, or gloze over your base treatment with fine cozening Words and fair Promises, you shall have neither lot nor scot in my Threasure, which is indeed as you surmise hidden away in England, but the Secret whereof I shall impart neither to you nor to no man.
From Project Gutenberg
The prophet is induced to say smooth things, to announce easy principles, to gloze over hard interpretations, to keep out of sight unwelcomed truths; and extraordinary courage is required of those who would resist this tendency to complaisance.
From Project Gutenberg
Doub′le-gild, to gild with double coatings of gold: to gloze over.—n.
From Project Gutenberg
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.