Meaning of leese | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To lose.
   obsolete
2. To release, set free.
   obsolete
3. To hurt.
   obsolete, transitive
4. To loosen, unfasten.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“But flowers distill'd though they with winter meet, Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet.”

“They would rather leese their friend than their jest.”

“Yet better leave off with a little losse, Then by much wrestling to leese the grosse”

“Take heed you leeſe it not Signior, ere you come there: preſerue it.”

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