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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Foist \Foist\ (foist), n. [OF. fuste stick, boat, fr. L. fustis
   cudgel. Cf. 1st {Fust}.]
   A light and fast-sailing ship. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

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.

         Lest negligence or partiality might admit or foist in
         abuses and corruption.                   --R. Carew.

         When a scripture has been corrupted . . . by a
         supposititious foisting of some words in. --South.

Foist \Foist\, n.
   1. A foister; a sharper. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

   2. A trick or fraud; a swindle. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

Source : WordNet®

foist
     v 1: to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"
     2: insert surreptitiously or without warrant
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