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Webster 1913 Edition


Leese

Leese

(lēz)
,
Verb.
T.
[See
Lose
.]
To lose.
[Obs.]
They would rather
leese
their friend than their jest.
Lord Burleigh.

Leese

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. F.
léser
, L.
laesus
, p. p. of
laedere
.]
To hurt.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Leese

LEESE

,
Verb.
T.
To lose. Obs. [See Lose.]

LEESE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. lasus.] To hurt. Obs.

Definition 2024


leese

leese

English

Verb

leese (third-person singular simple present leeses, present participle leesing, simple past and past participle leesed)

  1. (obsolete) To lose.
    • Lord Burleigh
      They would rather leese their friend than their jest.

Etymology 2

Old English līesan, from Proto-Germanic *lausijaną. Cognate with Dutch lozen, German lösen, Swedish lösa.

Verb

leese (third-person singular simple present leeses, present participle leesing, simple past and past participle leesed)

  1. (obsolete) To release, set free.
  2. (obsolete) To loosen, unfasten.