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leesed

leesed is the simple past and past participle of leese.

Meaning of leese

Verb (1)

leese (third-person singular simple present leeses, present participle leesing, simple past lore or leesed, past participle lorn or leesed)

  1. (obsolete) To lose.
    • But flowers distill'd though they with winter meet,
      Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet.1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 5”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) To destroy.
  3. (obsolete) To forsake or abandon.

Verb (2)

leese (third-person singular simple present leeses, present participle leesing, simple past and past participle leesed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To release; let go; set free.
  2. (obsolete) To loosen, unfasten.

Verb (3)

leese

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To hurt.

See all 7 meanings of leese

Questions about leesed

What is leesed the simple past and past participle of?
Leesed is the simple past and past participle of leese.

Words near leesed in the dictionary

  1. leers
  2. leery
  3. lees
  4. Leesburg
  5. leese
  6. leesed
  7. leeses
  8. leeside
  9. leesides
  10. leesing
  11. leesome

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