Lese

//liːz// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To lose. obsolete
  2. 2
    To destroy. obsolete
  3. 3
    To forsake or abandon. obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English lesen, leosen, from Old English *lēosan (found in belēosan, forlēosan, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- (“to cut; sever; loose; lose”).

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