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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lease \Lease\ (l[=e]s), verb (used with an object) [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.
There were some [houses] that were leased out for three lives. --Addison.
2. To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Leasing \Leas"ing\, noun [AS. le['a]sung, fr. le['a]s loose, false, deceitful. See {-less}, {Loose}, adjective] The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies. [Archaic] --Spenser.
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing. --Ps. v. 6.
Blessed be the lips that such a leasing told. --Fairfax.
{Leasing making} (Scots Law), the uttering of lies or libels upon the personal character of the sovereign, his court, or his family. --Bp. Burnet.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Leasing (Ps. 4:2; 5:6) an Old English word meaning lies, or lying, as the Hebrew word _kazabh_ is generally rendered.
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