Definitions for cozen

cozen coz·en

Spelling: [kuhz-uh n]
IPA: /ˈkʌz ən/

Cozen is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in cozen (cenoz).

Definitions for cozen

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to cheat, deceive, or trick.

Origin of cozen

1565-75; perhaps Old North French coçonner to resell, verbal derivative of coçon retailer (Latin coctiōnem, accusative of coctiō, cōciō dealer), influenced by Middle French cousin dupe, liter

Examples for cozen

This day my cozen Thomas dropped his hanger, and it was lost.

Smile with an intent to do mischief, or cozen him whom he salutes.

The world looks to them as if they could cozen it out of some ways and means of life.

It is the same with cousin (consanguineus), and to cozen or to deceive.

But they cannot cozen it: they can only cozen their neighbours.

The archaic verb to cozen is a metaphor of quite another kind.

He had come to cozen me into letting him use me in return for a mockery of an honor.

Yorkshire, to Yorkshire, or come Yorkshire over any person, to cheat or cozen him.

This day I sent my cozen Roger a tierce of claret, which I give him.

Up and there comes my she cozen Angier, of Cambridge, to me to speak about her son.

Word Value for cozen
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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