Definitions For Fease

Etymology 1

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Verb

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English fesen, t=to drive, incite, put into action; frighten, terrify, prosecute, punish, from , fȳsan, t=to hasten, impel, from .

Alternative forms

Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1900)

Verb

feas (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 : (Ainsworth) (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. : (Johnson)