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>