Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- prefix Dispersion; dissolution.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Greek lūein, to loosen, dissolve; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]
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