MEANING
To deceive or cheat through skillful persuasion, flattery, or deceit.
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Words that belong together
- cozen someone out of money
- cozen a rival
On the page
The visitor cozened the steward out of the keys before asking for a room.
She would not be cozened by praise offered in place of an answer.
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Word forms
- Base
- cozen
- Past tense
- cozened
- Past participle
- cozened
- Present participle
- cozening
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- cozen
- Present continuous
- am/is/are cozening
- Present perfect
- have/has cozened
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been cozening
- Past
- cozened
- Past continuous
- was/were cozening
- Past perfect
- had cozened
- Past perfect continuous
- had been cozening
- Future
- will cozen
- Future continuous
- will be cozening
- Future perfect
- will have cozened
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been cozening
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: cozen; cozens; cozened; cozened; cozening Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: cozens.
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