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De - Pt| English Dictionary: leasing | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for leasing | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Lease \Lease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Leasing}.] [F. laisser, OF. laissier, lessier, to leave, transmit, L. laxare to loose, slacken, from laxus loose, wide. See {Lax}, and cf. {Lesser}.] 1. To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise; as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes with out. There were some [houses] that were leased out for three lives. --Addison. 2. To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Leasing \Leas"ing\, n. [AS. le[a0]sung, fr. le[a0]s loose, false, deceitful. See {-less}, {Loose}, a.] The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies. [Archaic] --Spenser. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing. --Ps. v. 6. Blessed be the lips that such a leasing told. --Fairfax. {Leasing making} (Scots Law), the uttering of lies or libels upon the personal character of the sovereign, his court, or his family. --Bp. Burnet. | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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Leasing (Ps. 4:2; 5:6) an Old English word meaning lies, or lying, as the Hebrew word _kazabh_ is generally rendered. | |
