lose (in old edd. freq. spelt “loose”)
1.
to destroy, ruin 1H4 I. iii. 88, H8 III. i. 106,
Ham. III. ii. 207
“What to ourselves in
passion we propose, The passion ending,
doth the purpose lose,”
Cym. II. iv. 59
“gains or loses Your
sword or mine”
; to ruin in estimation
Lr. I. i. 236
“Hath lost me in your
liking.”
See also LOST.
2.
to forget
LLL. IV. iii. 73
“lose an oath,”
MND. I. i. 114
“being over-full of
self-affairs, My mind did lose
it,”
H8 II. i. 57
“go home and lose
me,”
Ven. 408, Lucr. 1580;
(?) refl. in Err. I. ii. 30.
3.
to cause (a person)
the loss of Tw.N. II. ii. 21,
Lr. I. ii. 129
“it shall lose thee
nothing.”
5.
refl. to lose one's
wits Ant. I. ii. 126.
