Foist
[fɒɪst] or [fɔɪst]
Definition
(verb.) insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
(verb.) to force onto another; 'He foisted his work on me'.
Checker: Lorrie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A light and fast-sailing ship.
(v. t.) 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.
(n.) A foister; a sharper.
(n.) A trick or fraud; a swindle.
Checker: Mortimer
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Falsify, counterfeit, palm, pass
ANT:Expose, detect, verify, authenticate
Editor: Tracy
Definition
v.t. to bring in by stealth: to insert wrongfully: to pass off as genuine (with in or into before the thing affected and upon before the person).—n. Foist′er.
Typed by Adele
Examples
- Each lady contributor takes it in her turn to keep the basket a month, to sew for it, and to foist off its contents on a shrinking male public. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- That is but one of the superstitions which Issus has foisted upon a credulous humanity. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Stepney, that's your fault for foisting the brute on us. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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