LEASE (2)

lease (2). Lease, v.t. to let by lease, glean, pick up corn

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Lease (?), 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. 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 that were leased out for three lives. Addison. 2. 2. To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner.