Definitions for Cozens

Cozens coz·en

Spelling: [kuhz-uh n]
IPA: /ˈkʌz ən/

Cozens is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in Cozens (cenosz).

Definitions for Cozens

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to cheat, deceive, or trick.

Origin of Cozens

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 Cozens

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for Cozens
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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