
and the modern word, with a weaker sense, “failure to hold, keep, or preserve what was in one’s possession; failure to gain or win,” probably evolved 14c. from lost, the past participle of lose.

and the modern word, with a weaker sense, “failure to hold, keep, or preserve what was in one’s possession; failure to gain or win,” probably evolved 14c. from lost, the past participle of lose.