Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To bleed; let blood; phlebotomize.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb bleed; to let blood.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb intransitive To bleed; let blood; phlebotomise.

Etymologies

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From Middle English blodleten, from Old English blōdlǣtan ("to let blood, bleed"), equivalent to blood +‎ let. Cognate with German Blutlassen ("bloodletting"), Icelandic blóðlátinn ("bled", past participle).

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