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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Lost the meaning? #58820 02/26/2002 9:36 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia hev addict hev addict Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia 'LESE' which so many dictionaries describe as 'to lose' Is this a new word , or did I just not come across it before? WELCOME Anshul! It's not a new word ... \Lese\ (l[=e]z), v. t. To lose. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. The Macquarie (Australian) dictionary only has the following: lese-majesty // noun Law 1. any of various crimes or offences against the sovereign power in a state. 2. (humorous) any presumptuous conduct. [French, from Latin: injured sovereignty] It's obviously not a commonly used word though - my Microsoft spellchecker doesn't like it. Hev Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Lost the meaning? Anshul Gupta 02/26/2002 8:52 PM Re: Lost the meaning? tsuwm 02/26/2002 8:55 PM Re: Lost the meaning? Anshul Gupta 02/26/2002 9:04 PM Re: Lost the meaning? wwh 02/26/2002 9:05 PM . Max Quordlepleen 02/26/2002 9:18 PM Re: Lost the meaning? hev 02/26/2002 9:36 PM Re: Lost the meaning? Keiva 02/27/2002 1:20 AM Re: Lost the meaning? Rouspeteur 02/27/2002 1:53 AM Re: Lost the meaning? Keiva 02/27/2002 2:06 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,383 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,208 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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