What does leese mean?
Leese means To lose..
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/liːz/ · verb
To lose..
But flowers distill'd though they with winter meet, Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet.
They would rather leese their friend than their jest.
Yet better leave off with a little losse, Then by much wrestling to leese the grosse
Take heed you leeſe it not Signior, ere you come there: preſerue it.
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Leese means To lose..
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But flowers distill'd though they with winter meet, Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet.
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