Part 6656

<hw>Los</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Praise. See <er>Loos</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Losable</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Los"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Such as can be lost.</def>

<h1>Losange</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Los"ange</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Lozenge</er>.</def>

<h1>Lose</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Lose</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Losing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>losien</ets> to loose, be lost, lose, AS. <ets>losian</ets> to become loose; akin to OE. <ets>leosen</ets> to lose, p. p. <ets>loren</ets>, <ets>lorn</ets>, AS. <ets>le\'a2san</ets>, <ets>p. p. loren</ets> (in comp.), D. ver<ets>liezen</ets>, G. ver<ets>lieren</ets>, Dan. for<ets>lise</ets>, Sw. f\'94r<ets>lisa</ets>, f\'94r<ets>lora</ets>, Goth. fra<ets>liusan</ets>, also to E. <ets>loose</ets>, a & v., L. <ets>luere</ets> to loose, Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>l<?/</ets> to cut. &root;127. Cf. <er>Analysis</er>, <er>Palsy</er>, <er>Solve</er>, <er>Forlorn</er>, <er>Leasing</er>, <er>Loose</er>, <er>Loss</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; <as>as, to <ex>lose</ex> money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to <ex>lose</ex> an arm or a leg by amputation; to <ex>lose</ex> men in battle.</as></def>

<blockquote>Fair Venus wept the sad disaster Of having <b>lost</b> her favorite dove. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; <as>as, to <ex>lose</ex> one's relish for anything; to <ex>lose</ex> one's health.</as></def>

<blockquote>If the salt hath <b>lost</b> his savor, wherewith shall it be salted ? <i>Matt. v. 13.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; <as>as, to <ex>lose</ex> a day; to <ex>lose</ex> the benefits of instruction.</as></def>

<blockquote>The unhappy have but hours, and these they <b>lose</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; <as>as, to <ex>lose</ex> one's way</as>.</def>

<blockquote>He hath <b>lost</b> his fellows. <i>Shak</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; <as>as, the ship was <ex>lost</ex> on the ledge</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The woman that deliberates is <b>lost</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; <as>as, he <ex>lost</ex> his companion in the crowd</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Like following life thro' creatures you dissect, You <b>lose</b> it in the moment you detect. <i>Pope</i></blockquote>.

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; <as>as, I <ex>lost</ex> a part of what he said</as>.</def>

<blockquote>He shall in no wise <b>lose</b> his reward. <i>Matt. x. 42.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I fought the battle bravely which I <b>lost</b>, And <b>lost</b> it but to Macedonians. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To cause to part with; to deprive of.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>How should you go about to <b>lose</b> him a wife he loves with so much passion ? <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>To prevent from gaining or obtaining.</def>

<blockquote>O false heart ! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and <b>lost</b> me this glory. <i>Baxter.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To lose ground</col>, <cd>to fall behind; to suffer gradual loss or disadvantage.</cd> -- <col>To lose heart</col>, <cd>to lose courage; to become timid. "The mutineers <i>lost heart<i>." <i>Macaulay</i>.</cd> -- <col>To lose one's head</col>, <cd>to be thrown off one's balance; to lose the use of one's good sense or judgment.</cd></cs>