-coz-

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cozened p. pr. & vb. n. Cozening ] [ From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner. ] To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had cozened the world by fine phrases. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him,
and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some cogging, cozening slave. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cozen, and cf. Cousinage. ] The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cheats or defrauds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cosier. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Snugly; comfortably. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being cozy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Cozier superl. Coziest. ] [ Cf. Scot. cosie, cozie, prob. from Gael. cosach abounding in hollows, or cosagach full of holes or crevices, snug, sheltered, from cos a hollow, a crevice. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Snug; comfortable; easy; contented. [ Written also cosey and cosy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Cf. F. causer to chat, talk. ] Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]