teize

Obsolete form of tease.

Verb

  1. Obsolete form of tease.
    • […] “Subjects for Painters,” in which, with his uſual ſucceſs, he laughs at, or teizes the Royal Academicians; […] - 1790, “Domestic Literature of the Year 1789”, in The New Annual Register, or General Repository of...
    • Its ſiſter,[…], ſtood patiently at the ſide of its cradle, with a large vine-branch in her hand, which ſhe waved backwards and forwards to prevent the numerous flies, that noon brings forth in that country, from teizing...
    • I hope she will recollect it, and be satisfied, as well she may, with moving the queen of a palace, though the king may appear best in the back ground, and as I have no desire to teize her, I shall never force your name...

Forms

teizes teizing teized