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leese.

To lose.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/liːz/
  1. To lose.

    obsolete
  2. To destroy.

    obsolete
  3. To forsake or abandon.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lesen, from Old English lēosan, from Proto-West Germanic *leusan, from Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”), from Proto-Indo-European *lews- (“to cut; sever; separate; loosen; lose”).

verb/liːz/
  1. To release; let go; set free.

    obsolete · transitive
  2. To loosen, unfasten.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lesen, from Old English lȳsan, līesan (“to loosen, release, redeem, deliver, liberate”), from Proto-Germanic *lausijaną (“to release, loosen”). Cognate with Dutch lozen, German lösen, Swedish lösa.

verb/liːz/
  1. To hurt.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

Compare French léser, Latin laesus.

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