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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