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foist
(mass) | foist
- vnútiť |
foist
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Foist
(gcide) | Foist \Foist\ (foist), n. [OF. fuste stick, boat, fr. L. fustis
cudgel. Cf. 1st Fust.]
A light and fast-sailing ship. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Foist
(gcide) | Foist \Foist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foisted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Foisting.] [Cf. OD. vysten to fizzle, D. veesten, E. fizz,
fitchet, bullfist.]
To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to
interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or counterfeit)
as genuine, true, or worthy; -- usually followed by in.
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Lest negligence or partiality might admit or foist in
abuses and corruption. --R. Carew.
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When a scripture has been corrupted . . . by a
supposititious foisting of some words in. --South.
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Foist
(gcide) | Foist \Foist\, n.
1. A foister; a sharper. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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2. A trick or fraud; a swindle. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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foist
(wn) | foist
v 1: to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"
2: insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
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foist
(mass) | foist
- vnútiť |
foist
(encz) | foist,vnucovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
foist off
(encz) | foist off, v: |
foisted
(encz) | foisted,vnucený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Foisted
(gcide) | Foist \Foist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foisted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Foisting.] [Cf. OD. vysten to fizzle, D. veesten, E. fizz,
fitchet, bullfist.]
To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to
interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or counterfeit)
as genuine, true, or worthy; -- usually followed by in.
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Lest negligence or partiality might admit or foist in
abuses and corruption. --R. Carew.
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When a scripture has been corrupted . . . by a
supposititious foisting of some words in. --South.
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Foister
(gcide) | Foister \Foist"er\, n.
One who foists something surreptitiously; a falsifier. --Mir.
for Mag.
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Foistied
(gcide) | Foistied \Foist"ied\, a. [See 2d Fust.]
Fusty. [Obs.]
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Foistiness
(gcide) | Foistiness \Foist"i*ness\, n.
Fustiness; mustiness. [Obs.]
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Foisting
(gcide) | Foist \Foist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foisted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Foisting.] [Cf. OD. vysten to fizzle, D. veesten, E. fizz,
fitchet, bullfist.]
To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to
interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or counterfeit)
as genuine, true, or worthy; -- usually followed by in.
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Lest negligence or partiality might admit or foist in
abuses and corruption. --R. Carew.
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When a scripture has been corrupted . . . by a
supposititious foisting of some words in. --South.
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Foisty
(gcide) | Foisty \Foist"y\, a.
Fusty; musty. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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foist
(wn) | foist
v 1: to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"
2: insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
foist off
(wn) | foist off
v 1: sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive [syn:
foist off, palm off, fob off] |
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