1. For
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Prov. xx. 18.
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth he standeth take heed
lest he fall. I Cor. x. 12.
2. That (without the negative particle); — after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension. I feared Lest I might anger thee. Shak.
LESTER
Les"ter, n. [Pg., prob. fr. Fr. l'est the east.] (Meteor.)
Defn: A dry sirocco in the Madeira Islands.
-LET -let.Etym: [From two French dim. endings -el (L. -ellus) and -et, as in bracelet.]
Defn: A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, armlet.
LET Let, v. t. Etym: [OE.letten, AS. lettan to delay, to hinder, fr. læt slow; akin to D. letten to hinder, G. verletzen to hurt, Icel. letja to hold back, Goth. latjan. See Late.]
Defn: To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose. [Archaic]
He was so strong that no man might him let. Chaucer.
He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 2.
Thess. ii. 7.
Mine ancient wound is hardly whole, And lets me from the saddle.
Tennyson.
LET
Let, n.
1. A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; — common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic. Keats. Consider whether your doings be to the let of your salvation or not. Latimer.