FEASE

Etymology 1

Verb

fease (third-person singular simple present feases, present participle feasing, simple past and past participle feased)

(obsolete) to execute (an action, condition, obligation, etc.)

Etymology 2

Verb

fease (third-person singular simple present feases, present participle feasing, simple past and past participle feased)

(transitive, UK, dialectal) To drive; drive away; put to flight; dissipate

(transitive, UK, dialectal) To cause to swing about

(intransitive, UK, dialectal) To swing about (in the wind); to flare (as a candle)

(transitive, UK, dialectal) To disturb; annoy; inconvenience; fret; worry

(transitive, UK, dialectal) To beat; chastise; also, to humble; harass

(intransitive, UK, dialectal) To hurry; pant; run up and down

(transitive, UK, dialectal) To fetch

(intransitive, UK, dialectal) To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope.

Source: Wiktionary



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