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Gloze


GLOZE, verb intransitive To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; that is, to smooth, or to talk smoothly.

So glozed the tempter, and his proem tun'd.

A false glozing parasite.

GLOZE, noun Flattery; adulation.

1. Specious show; gloss. [Not used. See Gloss.]