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Let (lĕt), v. t. [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.] To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose. [Archaic]
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He was so strong that no man might him let.
Chaucer.
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He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
2. Thess. ii. 7.
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Mine ancient wound is hardly whole,
And lets me from the saddle.
Tennyson.
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Let, n. 1. A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic. Keats.
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Consider whether your doings be to the let of your salvation or not.
Latimer.
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2. (Lawn Tennis) A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.
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Let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Let (Letted (lĕt"tĕd), [Obs].); p. pr. & vb. n. Letting.] [OE. leten, læten (past tense lat, let, p. p. laten, leten, lete), AS. l&aē_;tan (past tense l&ē;t, p. p. l&aē_;ten); akin to OFries. l&ē;ta, OS. l&ā;tan, D. laten, G. lassen, OHG. l&ā;zzan, Icel. l&ā;ta, Sw. låta, Dan. lade, Goth. l&ē;tan, and L. lassus weary. The original meaning seems to have been, to let loose, let go, let drop. Cf. Alas, Late, Lassitude, Let to hinder.] 1. To leave; to relinquish; to abandon. [Obs. or Archaic, except when followed by alone or be.]
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He . . . prayed him his voyage for to let.
Chaucer.
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Yet neither spins nor cards, ne cares nor frets,
But to her mother Nature all her care she lets.
Spenser.
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Let me alone in choosing of my wife.
Chaucer.
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2. To consider; to think; to esteem. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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3. 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. [Obs.]
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This irous, cursed wretch
Let this knight's son anon before him fetch.
Chaucer.
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He . . . thus let do slay hem all three.
Chaucer.
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Anon he let two coffers make.
Gower.
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4. To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent.
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&hand_; In this sense, when followed by an infinitive, the latter is commonly without the sign to; as to let us walk, i. e., to permit or suffer us to walk. Sometimes there is entire omission of the verb; as, to let [to be or to go] loose.
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Pharaoh said, I will let you go.
Ex. viii. 28.
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If your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is.
Shak.
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5. 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.
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6. 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.
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&hand_; The active form of the infinitive of let, as of many other English verbs, is often used in a passive sense; as, a house to let (i. e., for letting, or to be let). This form of expression conforms to the use of the Anglo-Saxon gerund with to (dative infinitive) which was commonly so employed. See Gerund, 2. “ Your elegant house in Harley Street is to let.” Thackeray. In the imperative mood, before the first person plural, let has a hortative force. “ Rise up, let us go.” Mark xiv. 42. “ Let us seek out some desolate shade.” Shak.
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To let alone, to leave; to withdraw from; to refrain from interfering with. -- To let blood, to cause blood to flow; to bleed. -- To let down. (a) To lower. (b) To soften in tempering; as, to let down tools, cutlery, and the like. -- To let fly or To let drive, to discharge with violence, as a blow, an arrow, or stone. See under Drive, and Fly. -- To let in or To let into. (a) To permit or suffer to enter; to admit. (b) To insert, or imbed, as a piece of wood, in a recess formed in a surface for the purpose. -- To let loose, to remove restraint from; to permit to wander at large. -- To let off. (a) To discharge; to let fly, as an arrow; to fire the charge of, as a gun. (b) To release, as from an engagement or obligation. [Colloq.] -- To let out. (a) To allow to go forth; as, to let out a prisoner. (b) To extend or loosen, as the folds of a garment; to enlarge; to suffer to run out, as a cord. (c) To lease; to give out for performance by contract, as a job. (d) To divulge. -- To let slide, to let go; to cease to care for. [Colloq.] “ Let the world slide.” Shak.
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Let, v. i. 1. To forbear. [Obs.] Bacon.
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2. To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under Let, v. t.
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To let on, to tell; to tattle; to divulge something. [Low] -- To let up, to become less severe; to diminish; to cease; as, when the storm lets up. [Colloq.]
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