foist Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb to force onto another
    • He foisted his work on me
  2. verb insert surreptitiously or without warrant

WordNet

Foist noun
Etymology
OF. fuste stick, boat, fr. L. fustis cudgel. Cf. 1st Fust.
Definitions
  1. A light and fast-sailing ship. Obs. Beau. & Fl.
Foist transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. OD. vysten to fizzle, D. veesten, E. fizz, fitchet, bullfist.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Foisted; present participle & verbal noun Foisting
Definitions
  1. 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.
    Lest negligence or partiality might admit or fois? in abuses corruption. R. Carew.
    When a scripture has been corrupted . . . by a supposititious foisting of some words in. South.
Foist noun
Definitions
  1. A foister; a sharper. Obs. B. Jonson.
  2. A trick or fraud; a swindle. Obs. B. Jonson.

Webster 1913