different between lawe vs lase

English

Etymology

Perhaps from law because the practice was ordained by law. Few dictionaries comment directly on the etymology of the sense, but several (which also spell the infinitive law) group it with the other verb and noun senses derived from Old English lagu (“law”).

Verb

lawe (third-person singular simple present lawes, present participle lawing, simple past and past participle lawed)

1. (transitive) To cut off the claws and balls of (e.g. a dog's forefeet, to hinder it from hunting).
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:lawe.

See also

• expediate

Noun

lawe (plural lawes)

1. Obsolete spelling of law

References

Further reading

• lawe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• alew, e-law, wale, weal

Hawaiian

Noun

lawe

1. bearer

Verb

lawe

1. (transitive) to transport, carry, take, bring

   lawe mai – to bring

   lawe aku – to take away

2. (stative) to become

Middle English

Alternative forms

• la?e, la?he, lagh, laghe, laugh, lage, laue, lau, law, lauwe, la?we

Etymology

From Old English lagu, in turn borrowed from Old Norse *lagu, a plural of lag.

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /?la??/
• IPA^(key): /?lau?(?)/
• Rhymes: -au?(?)

Noun

lawe (plural lawes or (Early ME) lawen)

1. A law, regulation, or a group of them:
   1. Ecclesiastical, canon or church law.
   2. The regulations followed by a job or group of people.
   3. Directives, obligations, or tasks set to someone.
   4. Legality; what is legally (and often seen as morally) right.
2. Morality, natural law (either instinctual or taught):
   1. The Bible or one of the two books which it is composed of.
   2. A religion (especially Christianity).
   3. The Torah or the moral strictures contained within it.
   4. One of the Ten Commandments or their totality.
   5. The regulating and obligating nature of marriage.
   6. (rare) Morality revealed or given from the heavens.
3. A law or the totality of laws active in a community; the law.
   1. The practicing of law; litigation, legal action, or part of it.
   2. The legal profession; law or the legal system as a job or occupation.
   3. A legal ruling or decision; penalisation or compensation.
   4. A legal community; the area under the aegis of a given legal system.
   5. (rare) Getting one's acquaintances to attest one's innocence.
   6. (rare) The law as an individual; those working in law.
4. One's behaviour, acts, practices, or mode of living:
   1. The usual behaviour of a group or class of things.
   2. The usual behaviour of a people, nation, or community.
   3. The method, technique, or way in which something is accomplished.
   4. Caution from violence due to law; the effects of law and order.
   5. (rare) A trapping, ceremony, or ritual that forms part of a religion.
   6. (rare) Customs, behaviours, or actions which are regarded as right; manners.
5. The administrative or governmental system present in a community.
6. A scientific or natural law; a statement of truth.
7. A dispensation (one of the periods of Christian history)
8. Information or wisdom from a trustworthy or reliable source.
9. A snide or pithy axiom or statement of a general truth.
10. (rare) Something which effects or changes; a force.
11. (rare) Might or potency; the ability to effect one's will.
12. (rare) The state or situation one is in.

Related terms

Descendants

• English: law
• Scots: law

References

• “laue, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-19.

English

Etymology

Back-formation from laser, as if removing -er. Compare mase.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?z/
• Homophones: lays, laze
• Rhymes: -e?z

Verb

lase (third-person singular simple present lases, present participle lasing, simple past and past participle lased)

1. (transitive) To use a laser beam on, as for cutting.

   The surgeon lased the elongated soft palate, cutting off the excess tissue and stopping the blood flow in one swipe.

   The physical chemist lased the atoms as they passed between the electrodes to study their motion.

   • 2010 (publication date), Daniel Lametti, "The Proton Gets Small(er)", Discover, ISSN 0274-7529, volume 32, number 1, January–February 2011, page 67:

     When a laser zaps an electron orbiting a proton, the electron undergoes what is called the Lamb shift, absorbing energy and jumping to a higher energy level. […] But instead of lasing electrons, Knowles examined protons with particles called muons, which he calls "the electron's fat cousin."

2. (intransitive) To operate as a laser, to release coherent light due to stimulation.

   Once enough of the gas particles are in a higher energy state, they will begin to lase and give off a coherent beam.

Anagrams

• ASLE, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, Sela, aels, ales, leas, sale, seal, sela

Estonian

Alternative forms

• las

Verb

lase

1. second-person singular imperative of laskma

Usage notes

lase governs the adessive (verb in the infinitive), las governs the nominative (verb in corresponding person, in the present).

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *lës?.

Noun

lase

1. addition, increase

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Latgalian

Etymology

Cognates include Latvian l?se and Lithuanian lašas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?las?æ/

Noun

lase f

1. drop (of a liquid)

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, ?ISBN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lase]

Verb

lase

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of l?sa
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of l?sa