Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LEASE
LEASE, v.i. [leez; Sax. lesan, to collect, also to free, deliberate, to redeem; D. leezen; G. lesen, to gather, to cull; to sift, also to read, like L. lego; Dan. leser, Sw. läsa.]
To glean; to gather what harvest men have left. [Obs.] – Dryden.
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