Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Lose (-s, lost)
lose (-s, lost), v. [OE losian, see loss, n.; NW says to part, to separate.]
- Let go away; no longer maintain; [fig.] recover from.
- Fail; give way; relinquish something valuable.
- Misplace; mislay; become unable to find one's own possession.
- Wander off from; go astray from.
- Abdicate; forfeit; give up; be deprived of.
- Sacrifice; miss; part with; be divested of.
- Be grieved by death of; become separated from in mortality; [fig.] say goodbye to.
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