Meaning

noun people who are destined to die soon

verb fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

verb fail to win

originFrom Middle English loste, losede (preterite) and Middle English lost, ilost, ilosed (past participle), from Old English losode (preterite) and Old English losod, ġelosod, equivalent to lose + -t.

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