leese

verb6

1. •
   (no longer used) To lose.

   • But flowers distill'd though they with winter meet, Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet. — 1609
2. •
   (no longer used) To destroy.
3. •
   (no longer used) To release; let go; set free.
4. •
   (no longer used) To loosen, unfasten.
5. •
   (no longer used) To forsake or abandon.
6. •
   (no longer used) To hurt.