"lese" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /liːz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lese.wav [Southern-England] Forms: leses [present, singular, third-person], lesing [participle, present], lore [past], lorn [participle, past]
Rhymes: -iːz 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lesen}} Middle English lesen, {{m|enm|leosen}} leosen, {{inh|en|ang|*lēosan}} Old English *lēosan, {{m|ang|belēosan}} belēosan, {{m|ang|forlēosan}} forlēosan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*leusaną|t=to lose}} Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*lewHs-|t=to cut; sever; loose; lose}} Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- (“to cut; sever; loose; lose”) Head templates: {{en-verb|leses|lesing|lore|lorn}} lese (third-person singular simple present leses, present participle lesing, simple past lore, past participle lorn)
  1. (obsolete) To lose. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-lese-en-verb-kf5~gaW2
  2. (obsolete) To destroy. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-lese-en-verb-EpapABEH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 58 20
  3. (obsolete) To forsake or abandon. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-lese-en-verb-3o~csIZ6

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for lese meaning in English (2.8kB)

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        "(obsolete) To lose."
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        "(obsolete) To destroy."
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        "To forsake or abandon."
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        "(obsolete) To lose."
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        "(obsolete) To destroy."
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