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Leese

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(lēz)
v. t.1.To lose.
They would rather leese their friend than their jest.
- Lord Burleigh.
1.To hurt.


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An argument fit for great and mighty princes to have in their hand; to the end that neither by over-measuring their forces, they leese themselves in vain enterprises; nor on the other side, by undervaluing them, they descend to fearful and pusillanimous counsels.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
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