Leese

Old English -lēosan (only attested in compounds), from Germanic.

Full definition of leese

Verb

1. (obsolete) To lose.
• Lord BurleighThey would rather leese their friend than their jest.

Old English līesan, from Proto-Germanic *lausijaną. Cognate with Dutch lozen, German lösen, Swedish lösa.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To release, set free.
2. (obsolete) To loosen, unfasten.