Lese

Translation of "lese" into Russian

Verb

/ˈliːz/

/ˈliz/

lese

leses

lesed Past Simple / Past Participle

lesing Gerund

Archaic English verb; variant spelling of “lose”, also in borrowed French sense “to injure, wrong” surviving in the set phrase “lèse-majesté”.

Архаичное; вариант глагола «lose».

He that will save his life shall lese it, but he that lese his life for my sake shall find it.

Кто хочет сохранить свою жизнь, тот потеряет её, а кто потеряет свою жизнь ради Меня, тот найдёт её.

Устар. знач. «to injure the dignity», особенно в выражении «lèse-majesté».

Printing the pamphlet was deemed to lese the honour of the crown.

Печать памфлета сочли оскорблением чести короны.

Additional translations

Архаичное; возвратное значение «lose».

Книжн.; наносить ущерб, вред достоинству.

Verb

/ˈliːz/

/ˈliz/

To lose; to be deprived of (something). (Archaic)

He that will save his life shall lese it, but he that lese his life for my sake shall find it.

To injure or wrong, especially the dignity of a sovereign or the state. (Chiefly in set phrases such as “lèse-majesté”)

Printing the pamphlet was deemed to lese the honour of the crown.