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foisted

Main Entry:: foist
Pronunciation:: \ˈfȯist\
Function:: transitive verb
Etymology:: probably from obsolete Dutch vuisten to take into one's hand, from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst fist; akin to Old English fȳst fist
Date:: circa 1587

1 a: to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant b: to force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit2: to pass off as genuine or worthy <foist costly and valueless products on the public — Jonathan Spivak>

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