Obs. [f. LEAVE sb. + -LESS.] Without permission.

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c. 1250.  Gen. & Ex., 1848. Dina ðor mis-dede, ȝhe nam leueles fro ðat stede.

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a. 1500.  Chaucer’s Dreme, 74. Closed rounde about That levelesse none come in ne out.

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