Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Middle English form of lease, etc., and leese.
  • To loose; deliver; release.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To lose.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To lose.
  • verb obsolete To destroy.
  • verb obsolete To forsake or abandon.

Etymologies

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Old English -lēosan, as in forlēosan.

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Examples

  • That abandonment of the primacy of Justice has had dreadful effects and one of these, along with everyone lese is the emotionalising as in selfishly emoting of modern people.

    One Faces Death One Does Not Newmania 2007

  • The country's Attorney General's office sent 36 so-called lese majeste cases to prosecutors last year—double the number sent to court in 2005.

    Thai Clamp-Down on Internet Traffic Worries Companies James Hookway 2011

  • Regarding Thailand's so-called lese majeste law, the law itself has never been an obstacle to discussions, particularly academic ones, about the monarchy, including how the monarchical institution itself has continuously adapted to the changing environment over the past 700 years of its existence in the Kingdom.

    Improving the Lese Majeste Law 2010

  • The verdict is the latest so-called lese majeste punishment handed down in the Southeast Asian kingdom, which has come under increasing pressure at home and abroad to reform harsh legislation that critics say is an affront to freedom of expression.

    NYDN Rss THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2011

  • The verdict is the latest so-called lese majeste punishment handed down in the Southeast Asian kingdom, which has come under increasing pressure at home and abroad to reform harsh legislation that critics say is an affront to freedom of expression.

    NYDN Rss THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2011

  • Thailand's so-called lese majeste laws are the harshest in the world.

    SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By TODD PITMAN 2011

  • Thailand's so-called lese majeste laws are the harshest in the world.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • The verdict is the latest so-called lese majeste punishment handed down in the Southeast Asian kingdom, which has come under increasing pressure at home and abroad to reform harsh legislation that critics say is an affront to freedom of expression.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • Thailand's so-called lese majeste laws are the harshest in the world.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • The verdict is the latest so-called lese majeste punishment handed down in the Southeast Asian kingdom, which has come under increasing pressure at home and abroad to reform harsh legislation that critics say is an affront to freedom of expression.

    The Seattle Times 2011

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