Leese

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leese \Leese\ (l[=e]z), v. t. [See {Lose}.]
     To lose. [Obs.]
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           They would rather leese their friend than their jest.
                                                    --Lord


                                                    Burleigh.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leese \Leese\, v. t. [Cf. F. l['e]ser, L. laesus, p. p. of
     laedere.]
     To hurt. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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