*lease*

v. i. To give displeasure or offense. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With displeasure. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Displeasure. [ R. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who displeases. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not bound by rule or law or convention. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

bewildered by the old go-as-you-please liberty of alliterative rhythm. George Saintsbury [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Requiring great patience and effort and skill; demanding; -- of persons. Opposite of undemanding.
Syn. -- harsh, demanding. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ AS. lesan to gather; akin to D. lezen to gather, read, G. lesen, Goth. lisan to gather; cf. Lith lesti to peck. ] To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

There were some [ houses ] that were leased out for three lives. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. lais. See Lease, v. t. ] 1. The temporary transfer of a possession to another person in return for a fee or other valuable consideration paid for the transfer; especially, A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest than that which the lessor has in the property, usually for a specified rent or compensation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The contract for such letting. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our high-placed Macbeth
Shall live the lease of nature. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lease and release a mode of conveyance of freehold estates, formerly common in England and in New York. its place is now supplied by a simple deed of grant. Burrill. Warren's Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Held by lease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tenure by lease; specifically, land held as personalty under a lease for years. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tenant under a lease. -- Lease"hold`ing, a. & n. [1913 Webster]

n. Same as lend-lease. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From 1st Lease. ] One who leases or gleans. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A liar. [ Obs. ] See Leasing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the temporary transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause; as, lend-lease during World War II was extremely generous.
Syn. -- lease-lend. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God. Eph. vi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To please excessively. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pleased; p. pr. & vb. n. Pleasing. ] [ OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable, Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure. ] 1. To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy. [ 1913 Webster ]

I pray to God that it may plesen you. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

What next I bring shall please thee, be assured. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. Ps. cxxxv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases, are the same things in common speech. J. Edwards. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used impersonally. “It pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell.” Col. i. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

To-morrow, may it please you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be pleased in or
To be pleased with, to have complacency in; to take pleasure in. --
To be pleased to do a thing, to take pleasure in doing it; to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions. [ 1913 Webster ]

What pleasing scemed, for her now pleases more. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

For we that live to please, must please to live. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heavenly stranger, please to taste
These bounties. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

That he would please 8give me my liberty. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Experiencing pleasure. -- Pleas"ed*ly adv. -- Pleas"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An officious person who courts favor servilely; a pickthank. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pleases or gratifies. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. re + lease to let. ] To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Released p. pr. & vb. n. Releasing. ] [ OE. relessen, OF. relassier, to release, to let free. See Relay, n., Relax, and cf. Release to lease again. ] 1. To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. Mark xv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sacred vow that none should aye release. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To free; liberate; loose; discharge; disengage; extricate; let go; quit; acquit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage. “Who boast'st release from hell.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Relief from care, pain, or any burden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Steam Engine) The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mach.) A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required; specif.: (Elec.) A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit; also, the catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, which acts in case of an overload. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

7. (Phon.) The act or manner of ending a sound. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

8. (Railroads) In the block-signaling system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Lease and release. (Law) See under Lease. --
Out of release, without cessation. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Liberation; freedom; discharge. See Death. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One to whom a release is given. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who releases, or sets free. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) A lease by a tenant or lessee to another person; an underlease. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To please exceedingly. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver. [ 1913 Webster ]

Timepleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]