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  • English Word Let Definition of Let
  • English Word Let Definition To leave; to relinquish; to abandon.
  • English Word Let Definition To consider; to think; to esteem.
  • English Word Let Definition To cause; to make; -- used with the infinitive in the active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e., cause to be made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought.
  • English Word Let Definition To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent.
  • English Word Let Definition To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire out; -- often with out; as, to let a farm; to let a house; to let out horses.
  • English Word Let Definition To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; -- often with out; as, to let the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering.
  • English Word Let Definition To forbear.
  • English Word Let Definition To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under Let, v. t.
  • English Word Let-alone Definition Letting alone.
  • English Word Let-off Definition A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom.
  • English Word Let-up Definition Abatement; also, cessation; as, it blew a gale for three days without any let-up.
  • English Word Letch Definition See Leach.
  • English Word Letch Definition Strong desire; passion. (Archaic).
  • English Word Letchy Definition See Leachy.
  • English Word Lete Definition To let; to leave.
  • English Word Leten Definition p. p. of Lete.
  • English Word Lethal Definition One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.
  • English Word Lethal Definition Deadly; mortal; fatal.
  • English Word Lethality Definition The quality of being lethal; mortality.
  • English Word Lethargic Definition Alt. of Lethargical
  • English Word Lethargical Definition Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy.
  • English Word Lethargize Definition To make lethargic.
  • English Word Lethargized Definition of Lethargize
  • English Word Lethargizing Definition of Lethargize
  • English Word Lethargy Definition Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked.
  • English Word Lethargy Definition A state of inaction or indifference.
  • English Word Lethargy Definition To lethargize.
  • English Word Lethe Definition Death.
  • English Word Lethe Definition A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past.