leese

/liːz/

verb 4name 1

Collocations

VERB + LEESE

meet, wrestling

LEESE + NOUN

friend, grosse

PREP.

than, with

ADV.

rather

verb

To lose.

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.

verb

To release, set free.

To loosen, unfasten.

verb

To hurt.

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

Wiktionary

They would rather leese their friend than their jest.

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

i Register

In some senses, leese is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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