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leeses

leeses is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Proper noun capitalized: Leeses

Leeses

  1. (plural) plural of Leese

Questions about leeses

What is leeses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Leeses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of leese.
What part of speech is leeses?
Leeses is a proper noun.

Words near leeses in the dictionary

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

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