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Webster 1913 Edition
Lose
Lose
(loōz)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lost
(lŏst; 115)
p. pr. & vb. n.
Losing
(loōz′ĭng)
.] [OE.
losien
to loose, be lost, lose, AS. losian
to become loose; akin to OE. leosen
to lose, p. p. loren
, lorn
, AS. leísan
, p. p. loren
(in comp.), D. verliezen
, G. verlieren
, Dan. forlise
, Sw. förlisa
, förlora
, Goth. fraliusan
, also to E. loose
, a & v., L. luere
to loose, Gr. λύειν
, Skr. lū
to cut. √127. Cf. Analysis
, Palsy
, Solve
, Forlorn
, Leasing
, Loose
, Loss
.] 1.
To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of;
as, to
lose
money from one’s purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose
an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose
men in battle.Fair Venus wept the sad disaster
Of having
Of having
lost
her favorite dove. Prior.
2.
To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of;
as, to
lose
one's relish for anything; to lose
one's health.If the salt hath
lost
his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? Matt. v. 13.
3.
Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander;
as, to
lose
a day; to lose
the benefits of instruction.The unhappy have but hours, and these they
lose
. Dryden.
4.
To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from;
as, to
. lose
one's wayHe hath
lost
his fellows. Shak
5.
To ruin; to destroy; as destroy;
as, the ship was
. lost
on the ledgeThe woman that deliberates is
lost
. Addison.
6.
To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of;
as, he
. lost
his companion in the crowdLike following life thro' creatures you dissect,
You
You
lose
it in the moment you detect. Pope.
7.
To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss;
as, I
. lost
a part of what he saidHe shall in no wise
lose
his reward. Matt. x. 42.
I fought the battle bravely which I
And
lost
,And
lost
it but to Macedonians. Dryden.
8.
To cause to part with; to deprive of.
[R.]
How should you go about to
lose
him a wife he loves with so much passion? Sir W. Temple.
9.
To prevent from gaining or obtaining.
O false heart! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and
lost
me this glory. Baxter.
To lose ground
, to fall behind; to suffer gradual loss or disadvantage.
– To lose heart
, to lose courage; to become timid.
“The mutineers lost heart.” Macaulay.
– To lose one's head
, to be thrown off one's balance; to lose the use of one's good sense or judgment, through fear, anger, or other emotion.
To lose one's self
. (a)
To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding objects;
as,
. to lose one's self
in a great city(b)
To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily suspended;
– as, we
. lose ourselves
in sleepTo lose sight of
. (a)
To cease to see;
as,
. to lose sight of
the land(b)
To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive;
as, he
. lost sight of
the issueLose
,Verb.
I.
To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.
We 'll . . . hear poor rogues
Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too,
Who
Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too,
Who
loses
and who wins; who's in, who's out. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Lose
LOSE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To mislay; to part or be separated from a thing, so as to have no knowledge of the place where it is; as, to lose a book or a paper; to lose a record; to lose a dollar or a ducat.2.
To forfeit by unsuccessful contest; as, to lose money in gaming.3.
Not to gain or win; as, to lose a battle, that is, to be defeated.4.
To be deprived of; as, to lose men in battle; to lose an arm or leg by a shot or by amputation; to lose one's life or honor.5.
To forfeit, as a penalty. Our first parents lost the favor of God by their apostasy.6.
To suffer diminution or waste of.If the salt hath lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? Matt. 5.
7.
To ruin; to destroy.The woman that deliberates is lost.
8.
To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; as, to lose the way.9.
To bewilder.Lost in the maze of words.
10.
To possess no longer; to be deprived of; contrary to keep; as, to lose a valuable trade.11.
Not to employ or enjoy; to waste. Titus sighed to lose a day.Th' unhappy have but hours, but these they lose.
12.
To waste; to squander; to throw away; as, to lose a fortune by gaming, or by dissipation.13.
To suffer to vanish from view or perception. We lost sight of the land at noon. I lost my companion in the crowd.Like following life in creatures we dissect, we lost it in the moment we detect.
14.
To ruin; to destroy by shipwreck, &c. the albion was lost on the coast of Ireland, april 22, 1822. the admiral lost three ships in a tempest.15.
To cause to perish; as, to be lost at sea.16.
to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste. Instruction is often lost on the dull; admonition is lost on the profligate. It is often the fate of projectors to lose their labor.17.
to be freed from.His scaly back the bunch has got which Edwin lost before.
18.
to fail to obtain.He shall in no wise lose his reward. Matt. 5.
to lose one's self, to be bewildered; also, to slumber; to have the memory and reason suspended.
LOSE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To forfeit any thing in contest; not to win.We'll talk with them too, who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out.
2.
To decline; to fail.Wisdom in discourse with her loses discountenanced, and like folly shows.