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  • 1 feriō

        feriō —, —, īre    [2 FER-], to strike, smite, beat, knock, cut, thrust, hit: velut si re verā feriant, H.: cornu ferit ille, butts, V.: alqm: parietem: murum arietibus, batter, S.: calce feritur aselli, O.: mare, V.: frontem, beat the brow, i. e. be provoked: Sublimi sidera vertice, hit, touch, H.: his spectris etiam si oculi possent feriri, etc.: feriuntque summos Fulmina montes, H.. tabulae laterum feriuntur ab undis, O.: Sole radiis feriente cacumina, O.: ferit aethera clamor, V.— To kill by striking, give a death-blow, slay, kill: hostem: (eum) securi, behead: telo orantem multa, V.: te (maritum), H.: leonem, S<*> Frigore te, i. e. cut you dead, H.— To slaughter, offer, sacrifice: agnam, H.: porcum, L. (old form.).—With foedus, to make a compact, covenant, enter into a treaty (because a sacrifice was offered to confirm a covenant): is, quicum foedus feriri in Capitolio viderat: amorum turpissimorum foedera ferire, form illicit connections: lungit opes foedusque ferit, V.—Fig., to strike, reach, affect, impress: multa in vitā, quae fortuna feriat: verba palato, coin, H.: binis aut ternis ferire verbis, make a hit.—To cozen, cheat, gull, trick (colloq.): Geta Ferietur alio munere, T.
    * * *
    I
    feriare, feriavi, feriatus V
    rest from work/labor; keep/celebrate holiday; be idle; abstain from
    II
    ferire, -, - V
    hit, strike; strike a bargain; kill, slay

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  • 2 lūdificō

        lūdificō āvī, ātus, āre    [ludus+2 FAC-], to make game of, delude, cozen, deceive: si diutius ludificare videatur: ludificati incerto proelio, S.
    * * *
    ludificare, ludificavi, ludificatus V
    make fun/sport of, treat as a plaything; trifle with

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  • 3 tangō

        tangō tetigī, tāctus, ere    [TAG-], to touch: ut eorum ossa terra non tangat: de expiandis, quae Locris in templo Proserpinae tacta violataque essent, L.: virgā Virginis os, O.: cubito stantem prope tangens, H.—Of places, to border on, be contiguous to, adjoin, reach: qui (fundi) Tiberim fere omnes tangunt: haec civitas Rhenum tangit, Cs.: quae (villa) viam tangeret: vertice sidera, O.— To touch, take, take away, carry off: Tetigin tui quidquam? T.: de praedā meā teruncium.— To taste, partake of, eat, drink: illa (corpora), O.: singula dente superbo, H.— To reach, arrive at, come to: provinciam: portūs, V.: lucum gradu, O.: Et tellus est mihi tacta, O.: nocturno castra dolo, O.— To touch, strike, hit, beat: chordas, O.: Te hora Caniculae Nescit tangere, to affect, H.: quemquam praeterea oportuisse tangi, i. e. be put to death.—In the phrase, de caelo tactus, struck by lightning: statua aut aera legum de caelo tacta: tacta de caelo multa, duae aedes, etc., L.—Of sexual contact, to take hold of, touch, handle: Virginem, T.: matronam, H.: si non tangendi copiast, T.— To besprinkle, mositen, wash, smear, dye: corpus aquā, O.: supercilium madidā fuligine tactum, Iu.—Fig., to touch, reach, move, affect, impress: minae Clodi modice me tangunt: animum, L.: mentem mortalia tangunt, V.: Nec formā tangor, O.: religione tactus hospes, L.— To take in, trick, dupe, cozen, cheat (old): senem triginta minis, Poët. ap. c.— To sting, nettle, wound: Rhodium in convivio, T.— To touch upon, mention, speak of, refer to: leviter unum quidque: ne tangantur rationes ad Opis, be discussed: hoc ulcus tangere Aut nominare uxorem? T.— To take in hand, undertake: carmina, O.
    * * *
    tangere, tetigi, tactus V
    touch, strike; border on, influence; mention

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  • 4 bolus

    bŏlus, i, m., = bolos, a throw or cast (ante- and post-class.; cf. jactus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of dice in gaming, a throw: si vis tribus bolis... Th. Quin tu in malam crucem cum bolis, cum bulbis, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 13:

    nimis lepide jecisti bolum,

    id. Rud. 2, 2, 30:

    enumerare bolos,

    Aus. Prof. 1, 26.—
    B.
    A cast of the net in fishing; and meton., the cast, i. e. the draught of fishes, the haul:

    bolum emere,

    Suet. Rhet. 1.—
    II.
    Trop., gain, profit, advantage; a haul, winning, piece of fortune, etc.: primumdum merces annua: is primus bolu'st, that ' s her first haul, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 10:

    intus bolos dat,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 12:

    dabit haec tibi grandis bolos,

    id. Pers. 4, 4, 106; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 46, 13:

    magnum bolum deferunt aeris,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 5; 3, 2, 16.—Esp.: aliquem tangere bolo, to cozen, wheedle of gain:

    quia amare cernit, tangere hominem volt bolo,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 101; cf.:

    verum hoc te multabo bolo,

    id. Truc. 4, 3, 70.—
    B.
    A choice bit, nice morsel:

    cracior bolum mihi tantum ereptum tam desubito e faucibus,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 6 Wagn. ad loc.—(In some or all the passages under II. al. refer the word to Gr. hê bôlos, a clod; cf.: bolus apud Graecos si per o scribitur, signficat jactum retis; si per ô, glaebam terrae, vel frustum cujusque rei, Don. ad Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 6; cf. Speng. ad Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 10.— But bolus is always masc. in Plaut. and Ter., and is scanned bŏlus; v. esp. Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 70; id. Poen. prol. 101).

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  • 5 ferio

    fĕrĭo, īre (archaic FERINVNT for feriunt; acc. to Fest. s. v. nequinunt, p. 162, 24 Müll.; part. fut. feriturus, Serv. Verg. A. 7, 498. The perf. forms are supplied by percutio, v. Varr. L. L. 9, 55, § 98 Müll.), 4, v. a. [perh. Sanscr. dhūr-, injure, destroy; Lat. ferus, ferox; Gr. thêr; Aeol. phêr; cf. Gr. thourios, impetuous, thorein, to leap; and Lat. furere, furia, etc.], to strike, smite, beat, knock, cut, thrust, hit (class.; syn.: icio, percutio, verbero, vapulo, pulso, tundo, pavio).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    fores,

    to knock, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 63; cf.

    parietem,

    Cic. Cael. 24, 59:

    murum arietibus,

    to batter, shake, Sall. J. 76, 6:

    pugiles adversarium,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23 fin.: jacere telum, voluntatis est;

    ferire quem nolueris, fortunae,

    to strike, id. Top. 17, 64:

    partem corporis sibi,

    Lucr. 2, 441:

    frontem,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1:

    femur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 123:

    pectora solito plangore,

    Ov. M. 4, 554; cf.:

    calce feritur aselli,

    id. F. 3, 755: uvas pede (rusticus), to stamp or tread, Tib. 2, 5, 85:

    feriri a serpente,

    to be stung, Plin. 29, 4, 22, § 71; cf. Ov. Ib. 481:

    cetera (venenata animalia) singulos feriunt,

    id. ib. 23:

    tabulam malleo,

    Cels. 6, 7 fin.: stricto ferit retinacula ferro, cuts to pieces (shortly before:

    incidere funes),

    Verg. A. 4, 580: certatim socii feriunt mare et aequora verrunt, strike, lash (in rowing), id. ib. 3, 290: ut frontem ferias, that you may beat your brow, i. e. be provoked, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1.— Poet.:

    sublimi feriam sidera vertice,

    hit, touch, Hor. C. 1, 1, 36; cf. in the foll. 2.— Absol.:

    pugno ferire vel calce,

    Quint. 2, 8, 13; cf. Hor. S. 2, 7, 99:

    occursare capro, cornu ferit ille, caveto,

    pushes, butts, Verg. E. 9, 25.—
    2.
    Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

    principio omnibus a rebus, quascumque videmus, Perpetuo fluere ac mitti spargique necesse est Corpora, quae feriant oculos visumque lacessant,

    strike, touch, Lucr. 6, 923:

    oculos (corpora, simulacra),

    id. 4, 217; 257:

    oculorum acies (res),

    id. 4, 691:

    speciem colore (res),

    id. 4, 243; cf.:

    his spectris etiam si oculi possent feriri, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 2:

    feriuntque summos fulmina montes,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 11:

    nec semper feriet, quodcumque minabitur, arous,

    id. A. P. 350; cf.:

    si fractus illabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinae,

    id. C. 3, 3, 8:

    nec levius tabulae laterum feriuntur ab undis, Quam, etc.,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 47.— Poet.: ferientia terram corpora, smiting (in falling), Luc. 4, 786:

    sole fere radiis foriente cacumina primis,

    hitting, touching, Ov. M. 7, 804:

    palla imos ferit alba pedes,

    touches, reaches to, Val. Fl. 1, 385:

    ferit aethera clamor,

    Verg. A. 5, 140:

    feriat dum maesta remotas Fama procul terras,

    extends to, Luc. 5, 774.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To kill by striking, to give a deathblow, to slay, kill: hostem, Enn. ap. Cic. Balb. 22, 51 (Ann. v. 284 ed. Vahl.); Sall. C. 7, 6; 60, 4; id. J. 85, 33; cf.:

    aliquem securi feriri,

    to be beheaded, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 75:

    aliquem telo trabali,

    Verg. A. 12, 295:

    retiarium (mirmillo),

    Quint. 6, 3, 61:

    te (maritum),

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 43:

    leonem atque alias feras primus aut in primis ferire,

    Sall. J. 6, 1:

    aprum,

    Ov. M. 3, 715.—
    b.
    Of the animals for sacrifice, to kill, slaughter; and hence, to offer, sacrifice:

    nos humilem feriemus agnam,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 32:

    vaccam Proserpinae,

    Verg. A. 6, 251; cf. the form of oath in making a compact (when a swine was sacrificed): SI PRIOR DEFEXIT [p. 737] (populus Romanus) PVBLICO CONSILIO DOLO MALO, TV ILLO DIE IVPPITER, POPVLVM ROMANVM SIC FERITO, VT EGO HVNC PORCVM HIC HODIE FERIAM:

    TANTOQVE MAGIS FERITO, QVANTO MAGIS POTES POLLESQVE,

    Liv. 1, 24, 8:

    Quid aut sponsoribus in foedere opus esset aut obsidibus, ubi precatione res transigitur? per quem populum fiat, quo minus legibus dictis stetur, ut eum ita Juppiter feriat, quemadmodum a Fetialibus porcus feriatur,

    id. 9, 5, 3. (Cf. also:

    Jovis ante aram Stabant et caesā jungebant foedera porcă,

    Verg. A. 8, 641).— Hence,
    2.
    Transf., foedus ferire, to make a compact, covenant, or treaty (in Hebrew in precisely the same manner,): accipe daque fidem, foedusque feri bene firmum, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.):

    is, quicum foedus feriri in Capitolio viderat,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 3, 6:

    videret ut satis honestum foedus feriretur,

    id. Inv. 2, 30, 92:

    amorum turpissimorum foedera ferire,

    to form illicit connections, id. Cael. 14, 34:

    Tarchon jungit opes foedusque ferit,

    Verg. A. 10, 154 al. —
    3.
    Of money, to strike, stamp, coin:

    asses sextantario pondere,

    Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44. Thus the designation of a triumvir monetalis is III. VIR. A. A. A. F. F., i. e. Triumvir auro argento aeri flando feriundo, Inscr. Orell. 569.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quae faciliora sunt philosophis, quo minus multa patent in eorum vita, quae fortuna feriat,

    reaches, affects, Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73:

    accidit, ut ictu simili (i. e. morte propinqui) ferirer,

    was struck with a similar blow, Quint. 6 praef. §

    3: verba palato,

    to bring out, utter, speak, Hor. S. 2, 3, 274; cf.:

    sonat vox, ut feritur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 61:

    feriunt animum (sententiae),

    id. 12, 10, 48:

    ut omnis sensus in fine sermonis feriat aurem,

    id. 8, 5, 13; cf. id. 9, 3, 4.— Absol.:

    binis aut ternis ferire verbis,

    Cic. Or. 67, 226:

    videtur Chrysippus medium ferire voluisse,

    i. e. to avoid extremes, id. Fat. 17, 39.—
    B.
    In partic., to cozen, cheat, gull, trick (mostly in vulg. lang.;

    not in Cic.): ubi illa pendentem ferit, jam amplius orat,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 19; Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 13:

    cum ferit astutos comica moecha Getas,

    Prop. 4 (5), 5, 44:

    austeros arte ferire viros,

    id. 3, 3 (4, 2), 50.—
    C.
    To punish, inflict punishment: aliquem condemnatione centum librarum auri, Cod. 11, 11, 1.

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  • 6 ludifico

    lūdĭfĭco, āvi, ātum ( inf. pass. ludificarier, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 27), 1, v. a. and n. [ludus-facio], to make sport of, make game of, make a fool of; to delude, chouse, cozen, deceive:

    erum meum ut ego hodie lusi lepide! ut ludificatus est!

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 3:

    erum qui ludificas dictis delirantibus,

    id. Am. 2, 1, 38:

    hospitam,

    id. Mil. 2, 6, 15:

    postquam video me sic ludificarier,

    id. Capt. 3, 1, 27; id. Truc. 1, 1, 5; 2, 8, 6; Lucr. 1, 939.— Absol.: si latitare ac diutius ludificare videatur, * Cic. Quint. 17, 54.

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  • 7 tango

    tango, tĕtĭgi, tactum, 3 (old collat. form tago, xi, 3:

    tagit Pacuvius in Teucro: ut ego, si quisquam me tagit. Et tagam idem in Hermiona: aut non cernam, nisi tagam: sine dubio antiquā consuetudine usurpavit. Nam nunc ea sine praepositionibus non dicuntur, ut contigit, attigit,

    Fest. p. 356 Müll.: PELLEX ARAM IVNONIS NE TANGITO, Lex Numae ap. Fest. p. 222 ib.: sed o Petruelle, ne meum taxis librum, Varr. ap. Non. 176, 18, and 180, 8), v. a. [root tag-; Gr. te-tag-ôn, grasping; tê, take; Lat. tago, tagax; Goth. tēkan, to touch; Engl. take; cf.: inter, contages], to touch (syn. tracto).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    tangere enim et tangi, nisi corpus, nulla potest res, Lucr 1, 304: tange utramvis digitulo minimo modo,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 15:

    genu terram tangere,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

    virgā Virginis os,

    Ov. M. 11, 308:

    aliquem cubito,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 42.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To touch, i. e.,
    a.
    To take, take away, curry off: Sa. Tetigin' tui quidquam? Aes. Si attigisses, ferres infortunium, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 24:

    de praedā meā teruncium nec attigit nec tacturus est quisquam,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 4:

    quia tangam nullum ab invito,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 67; Liv. 29, 20. —
    b.
    To taste, to eat, to drink:

    salsa sunt, tangere ut non velis,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 35:

    illa (corpora) Non cani tetigere lupi,

    Ov. M. 7, 550:

    saporem,

    id. F. 3, 745:

    cupiens varià fastidia cenā Vincere tangentis male singula dente superbo,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 87:

    Superorum tangere mensas,

    Ov. M. 6, 173:

    tetigit calicem clanculum,

    has emptied, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10. —
    2.
    Of places.
    a.
    To reach, arrive at, come to a place (syn. pervenio):

    Verres simul ac tetigit provinciam, statim, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27; cf. id. Att. 6, 1, 6:

    portus,

    Verg. A. 4, 612:

    terminum mundi armis,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 54:

    vada,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 24:

    lucum gradu,

    Ov. M. 3, 36:

    domos,

    id. ib. 4, 779;

    6, 601: quem (Nilum) simul ac tetigit,

    id. ib. 1, 729:

    ut tellus est mihi tacta,

    id. Tr. 3, 2, 18:

    limina,

    id. M. 10, 456; Juv. 14, 44:

    nocturno castra dolo,

    Ov. H. 1, 42 et saep.—
    b.
    To border on, be contiguous to:

    qui (fundi) Tiberim fere omnes tangunt,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

    haec civitas Rhenum tangit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 3:

    quae (villa) viam tangeret,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 51:

    vertice sidera,

    Ov. M. 7, 61. —
    3.
    To touch, i. e.,
    a.
    To strike, hit, beat (mostly poet.):

    chordas,

    Ov. R. Am. 336:

    flagello Chloen,

    Hor. C. 3, 26, 12:

    quem tetigit jactu,

    Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 60:

    loca tangere fundā,

    Tib. 4, 1, 97:

    te hora Caniculae Nescit tangere,

    to touch, affect, Hor. C. 3, 13, 10.—Euphem., to put to death:

    quemquam praeterea oportuisse tangi,

    Cic. Att. 15, 11, 2:

    statua aut aera legum de caelo tacta,

    i.e. struck by lightning, id. Div. 2, 21, 47; so, de caelo tactus, Liv. 25, 7, 7; 29, 14, 3; Verg. E. 1, 17:

    e caelo tactum,

    Plin. 36, 4, 4, § 10; cf.:

    ulmus fulmine tacta,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 144:

    tacta aedes Junonis,

    Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 144.—Prov.:

    tetigisti acu (rem),

    you have hit the nail on the head, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 19; cf.:

    tangis en ipsos metus,

    the thing you fear, Sen. Oedip. 795.—
    b.
    To take hold of, to touch, handle, etc.;

    esp. in mal. part.: virginem,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 52:

    cur id ausus's facere ut id quod non tuom esset tangeres?

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 14; Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 15; id. Eun. 4, 7, 27 sq.; Cat. 21, 8; Hor. S. 1, 2, 28; 1, 2, 54.— Absol.:

    cibum una capias, assis, tangas, ludas, propter dormias,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 81 (82):

    si non tangendi copia'st,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 10; id. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 5.—
    4.
    To besprinkle, moisten, wash, smear, anoint ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

    syn. tingo): corpus aquā,

    Ov. F. 4, 790:

    comas tristi medicamine,

    id. M. 6, 140:

    oculos olivo,

    Pers. 3, 44:

    superiorem palpebram salivā,

    Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38:

    caput igne sulfuris,

    Prop. 4 (5), 8, 86; cf.:

    voluit tangi lucerna mero,

    id. 4 (5), 3, 60:

    luto corpora tangit amor,

    Tib. 1, 8, 52.—
    5.
    To color, dye:

    supercilium madidā fuligine,

    Juvenc. 2, 93. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of the mind or feelings, to touch, move, affect, impress:

    minae Clodii contentionesque modice me tangunt,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1:

    si vos urbis, si vestri nulla cura tangit,

    Liv. 3, 17, 3:

    Numitori tetigerat animum memoria nepotum,

    id. 1, 5:

    mentem mortalia tangunt,

    Verg. A. 1, 462:

    si curat cor spectantis tetigisse querela,

    Hor. A. P. 98:

    nec formā tangor, poteram tamen hac quoque tangi,

    Ov. M. 10, 614:

    vota tamen tetigere deos, tetigere parentes,

    id. ib. 4, 164:

    nymphas tetigit nova res,

    id. ib. 15, 552:

    nec amor nos tangit habendi,

    id. A. A. 3, 541:

    exemplo tangi,

    id. H. 15 (16), 326; id. F. 5, 489; Prop. 1, 9, 17:

    religione tactus hospes,

    Liv. 1, 45, 7:

    tetigerat animum memoria nepotum,

    id. 1, 5, 6:

    si quem gloria tangit,

    Sen. Hippol. 27.—
    B.
    Qs. to prick or stick one, i. e.,
    1.
    To take in, trick, dupe; to cozen or cheat out of any thing (anteclass.):

    tuom tangam patrem,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 118; cf.:

    probe tactus Ballio est,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 13:

    tangere hominem volt bolo,

    id. Poen. prol. 101:

    istis adeo te tetigi triginta minis,

    id. Ep. 5, 2, 40: senem triginta minis, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 257:

    lenunculum aere militari,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 7: patrem talento argenti, Turp. ap. Non. 408, 28:

    tactus sum vehementer visco,

    I am limed, caught, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 39:

    volucres harundinibus,

    Petr. 109.—
    2.
    To sting or nettle any one by something said:

    quo pacto Rhodium tetigerim in convivio,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 30; cf.

    maledictis,

    Fest. p. 356 Müll.—
    C.
    Of speech, to touch upon, mention, speak of, refer to, cite:

    non tango, quod avarus homo est, quodque improbu' mitto, Lucil. ap. Rufin. Schem. Lex. § 12 (p. 274 Frotsch.): leviter unum quodque tangam,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83:

    ubi Aristoteles ista tetigit?

    id. Ac. 2, 44, 136:

    illud tertium, quod a Crasso tactum est,

    id. de Or. 2, 10, 43: ne tangantur rationes ad Opis, be discussed, examined, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 26:

    si tacta loquar,

    Manil. 3, 21; cf.:

    quid minus utibile fuit quam hoc ulcus tangere Aut nominare uxorem?

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 9.—
    D.
    To take in hand, undertake (rare):

    carmina,

    Ov. Am. 3, 12, 17: quis te Carminis heroi tangere jussit opus? prop. 4, 2 (3, 3), 16.

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  • Cozen — Coz en (k?z n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cozened} ( nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cozening} ( n ?ng). ] [From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner.] To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cozen — Coz en, v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully. [1913 Webster] Some cogging, cozening slave. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cozen's test — is a physical examination performed to evaluate for tennis elbow. It s said positive if a resisted wrist extension triggers pain to the patient. The test is performed with extended elbow. This medical sign article is a stub. You can help… …   Wikipedia

  • cozen — index bait (lure), betray (lead astray), bilk, cheat, deceive, defraud, delude …   Law dictionary

  • cozen — 1560s, of uncertain origin; perhaps from Fr. cousiner cheat on pretext of being a cousin; or from M.E. cosyn fraud, trickery (mid 15c.), perhaps related to O.Fr. coçon dealer, merchant, trader, from L. cocionem horse dealer. Related: Cozenage …   Etymology dictionary

  • cozen — *cheat, defraud, swindle, overreach Analogous words: *dupe, bamboozle, gull, trick, hoax, hoodwink, befool: delude, beguile, *deceive, mislead …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • cozen — ► VERB literary ▪ trick or deceive. ORIGIN perhaps from obsolete Italian cozzonare to cheat …   English terms dictionary

  • cozen — [kuz′ən] vt., vi. [< ME cosin, fraud, trickery < ? OFr cosson, horse trader < L cocio, coctio, a broker, dealer] 1. to cheat; defraud 2. to deceive cozenage n …   English World dictionary

  • cozen — v. (formal) 1) (d; tr.) to cozen into 2) (d; tr.) to cozen out of (to cozen smb. out of his money) * * * [ kʌz(ə)n] (formal) (d;tr.) to cozen into (d;tr.) to cozen out of (to cozen smb. out of his money) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • cozen — cosen, cozen /kszsnf. In old English law, to cheat …   Black's law dictionary

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