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  • 111Assot — As*sot , v. t. [OF. asoter, F. assoter; ? (L. ad) + sot stupid. See {Sot}.] To besot; to befool; to beguile; to infatuate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Some ecstasy assotted had his sense. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 112Comether — Co*meth er, n. [Prob. dial. pron. of come hither, used in calling cows, etc.] [Dial. or Colloq., Brit.] 1. Matter; affair. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Friendly communication or association. {To put the comether on} or {To put one s comether on}, to… …

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  • 113Cozen — Coz en (k?z n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cozened} ( nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cozening} ( n ?ng). ] [From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner.] To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small… …

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  • 114Cozened — Cozen Coz en (k?z n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cozened} ( nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cozening} ( n ?ng). ] [From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner.] To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by… …

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  • 115Cozening — Cozen Coz en (k?z n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cozened} ( nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cozening} ( n ?ng). ] [From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner.] To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by… …

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  • 116Deceive — De*ceive , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deceived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deceiving}.] [OE. deceveir, F. d[ e]cevoir, fr. L. decipere to catch, insnare, deceive; de + capere to take, catch. See {Capable}, and cf. {Deceit}, {Deception}.] 1. To lead into error;… …

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  • 117Deceived — Deceive De*ceive , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deceived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deceiving}.] [OE. deceveir, F. d[ e]cevoir, fr. L. decipere to catch, insnare, deceive; de + capere to take, catch. See {Capable}, and cf. {Deceit}, {Deception}.] 1. To lead into …

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  • 118Deceiving — Deceive De*ceive , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deceived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deceiving}.] [OE. deceveir, F. d[ e]cevoir, fr. L. decipere to catch, insnare, deceive; de + capere to take, catch. See {Capable}, and cf. {Deceit}, {Deception}.] 1. To lead into …

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  • 119Inescate — In*es cate, v. t. [L. inescatus, p. p. of inescare; in in + esca bait.] To allure; to lay a bait for. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To inescate and beguile young women! Burton. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 120Parthenope — Par*then o*pe (p[aum]r*th[e^]n [ o]*p[=e]), n. [L., the name of a Siren, fr. Gr. Parqeno ph.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) One of the Sirens, who threw herself into the sea, in despair at not being able to beguile Ulysses by her songs. [1913 Webster] 2. One of …

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