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lase

[leyz]
–verb (used without object), lased, las⋅ing. Optics.
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.

Origin:
1960–65; back formation from laser
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lase   (lāz)   
v.   lased, las·ing, las·es

v.   intr.
To function as a laser; emit coherent radiation by the action of a laser.
v.   tr.
  1. To subject to laser light: lased the tissue during surgery.

  2. To direct a laser used to guide munitions at (a target).


[Back-formation from laser.]
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Medical Dictionary

lase (lāz)
v. lased, las·ing, las·es
To cut, divide, or dissolve a substance with a laser.

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Computing Dictionary

lase
/layz/ To print a given document via a laser printer. "OK, let's lase that sucker and see if all those graphics-macro calls did the right things."

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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