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Definitions for Gloze

[1] to explain away; extenuate; gloss over (usually followed by over ).
[2] Archaic . to make glosses; comment.
[3] Archaic . flattery or deceit.
[4] Obsolete . a specious show.
[5] (tr often foll by over ) to explain away; minimize the effect or importance of
[6] to make explanatory notes or glosses on (a text)
[7] to use flattery (on)
[8] flattery or deceit
[9] an explanatory note or gloss
[10] specious or deceptive talk or action

Words related to Gloze

lessen, relieve, soften, soothe, disguise, whiten, allay, varnish, ease, hide, sugarcoat, assuage, mask, camouflage, mollify, white, moderate, screen, veneer, exculpate

Words nearby Gloze

glowfly, glowing, glowstick, glowworm, gloxinia, gloze, glu, glubb, gluc-, glucagon, glucagonoma

Origin of Gloze

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French gloser < Medieval Latin glossāre; see gloss2

Other words from Gloze

gloz·ing·ly , adverb
un·glozed , adjective

Word origin for Gloze

C13: from Old French glosser to comment; see gloss ²

Synonyms for Gloze

abate, allay, alleviate, assuage, camouflage, cloak, conceal, condone, cover, diminish, disguise, dissemble, ease, exculpate, excuse, extenuate, hide, justify, lessen, lighten, mask, minimize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, prettify, qualify, relieve, screen, soften, soothe, sugarcoat, temper, varnish, veil, veneer, vindicate, white, whiten, whitewash, apologize for, hush up, make light of, put on a Band-Aid, quick fix