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02/26/2002 9:36 PM
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Joined: Jan 2002
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'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. 
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Lost the meaning?
