\Leese\ (l[=e]z), v. t. [See {Lose}.] To lose. [Obs.] They would rather leese their friend than their jest. --Lord Burleigh.
\Leese\, v. t. [Cf. F. l['e]ser, L. laesus, p. p. of laedere.] To hurt. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.