lease

English

/liːs/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To gather.
  • (transitive) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
  • (transitive) To glean.
  • (intransitive) To glean, gather up leavings.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lesen (lose) inherited from Old English lesan (gather, collect, pick, select) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (gather, collect) derived from Proto-Indo-European *les- (gather, collect, pick).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*les-

Gloss

gather, collect, pick

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