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Leese

//liːz// name, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Verb
  1. 1
    To lose. obsolete

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

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English lesen, from Old English *lēosan (only attested in compounds: belēosan, forlēosan, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”), from Proto-Indo-European *lews- (“to cut; sever; separate; loosen; lose”).

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

Compare French léser, Latin laesus.

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