Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to leese
Participle: leesed
Gerund: leesing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | leese |
| you | leese |
| he;she;it | leeses |
| we | leese |
| you | leese |
| they | leese |
Perfect
| I | have leesed |
| you | have leesed |
| he;she;it | has leesed |
| we | have leesed |
| you | have leesed |
| they | have leesed |
Past
| I | leesed |
| you | leesed |
| he;she;it | leesed |
| we | leesed |
| you | leesed |
| they | leesed |
Pluperfect
| I | had leesed |
| you | had leesed |
| he;she;it | had leesed |
| we | had leesed |
| you | had leesed |
| they | had leesed |
Future
| I | will leese |
| you | will leese |
| he;she;it | will leese |
| we | will leese |
| you | will leese |
| they | will leese |
Future Perfect
| I | will have leesed |
| you | will have leesed |
| he;she;it | will have leesed |
| we | will have leesed |
| you | will have leesed |
| they | will have leesed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | leese |
| you | leese |
| he;she;it | leese |
| we | leese |
| you | leese |
| they | leese |
Perfect
| I | have leesed |
| you | have leesed |
| he;she;it | have leesed |
| we | have leesed |
| you | have leesed |
| they | have leesed |
Imperfect
| I | leesed |
| you | leesed |
| he;she;it | leesed |
| we | leesed |
| you | leesed |
| they | leesed |
Pluperfect
| I | had leesed |
| you | had leesed |
| he;she;it | had leesed |
| we | had leesed |
| you | had leesed |
| they | had leesed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would leese |
| you | would leese |
| he;she;it | would leese |
| we | would leese |
| you | would leese |
| they | would leese |
Perfect
| I | would have leesed |
| you | would have leesed |
| he;she;it | would have leesed |
| we | would have leesed |
| you | would have leesed |
| they | would have leesed |
Imperative
| you | leese |
| we | Let's leese |
| you | leese |
Verbs conjugated like 'leese'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'leese'
lease,
leeme,
lese,
neese,
amese,
bleeze,
cease,
cense,
cheese,
chese,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English lesen, from Old English lēosan, from Proto-West Germanic *leusan, from Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”), from Proto-Indo-European *lews- (“to cut; sever; separate; loosen; lose”). See: Middle English '
lesen', Proto-Germanic '
*leusaną'.
Verbs referencing "leese"
German, old spelling
lösen, Icelandic
leysa, Luxembourgish
léisen, Sanskrit
लुनाति.
Sample Sentences
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But flowers distill'd though they with winter meet,
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Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet. [1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 5”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:]
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They would rather leese their friend than their jest. [a. 1598, William Cecil, Advice to his son:]
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Yet better leave off with a little losse,
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Then by much wrestling to leese the grosse [1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “September. Ægloga Nona.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:]
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Take heed you leeſe it not Signior, ere you come there: preſerue it. [1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act V, scene i, signature O iij, recto:]