Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LOSE
LOSE, v.i. [loos.]
- 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. – Shak.
- To decline; to fail. Wisdom in discourse with her / Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows. – Milton.
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