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- English Word Lessoning Definition of Lesson
- English Word Lessor Definition One who leases; the person who lets to farm, or gives a lease.
- English Word Lest Definition To listen.
- English Word Lest Definition Lust; desire; pleasure.
- English Word Lest Definition Last; least.
- English Word Lest Definition For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not.
- English Word Lest Definition That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.
- English Word Let Definition To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.
- English Word Let Definition A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic.
- English Word Let Definition A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.
- 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.