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 gloze /ˈgloz/
 (vt.)似有道理地說明,掩飾(vi.)諂媚

 Gloze v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glozed p. pr. & vb. n. Glozing.]
 1. To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly.
    A false, glozing parasite.   --South.
    So glozed the tempter, and his proem tuned.   --Milton.
 2. To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret.

 Gloze, v. t. To smooth over; to palliate.
    By glozing the evil that is in the world.   --I. Taylor.

 Gloze, n.
 1. Flattery; adulation; smooth speech.
    Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by.   --Shak.
 2. Specious show; gloss. [Obs.]
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