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mountebank verb. E17.
[from the noun.]
verb intrans. & (usu.) trans. with it. Behave as a mountebank, play the mountebank. Chiefly as mountebanking verbal noun & ppl adjective. E17.
verb trans. Master or prevail over (a person) by persuasion characteristic of a mountebank. E17-E18.
verb trans. Introduce by mountebank methods (into); transform by mountebank trickery. M17-E18.