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let

v. t. [OE. letten, AS. lettan to delay, to hinder, fr. lt 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. ()

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.)

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.)

2. (Lawn Tennis) A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over. ()

v. t. [OE. leten, lten (past tense lat, let, p. p. laten, leten, lete), AS. ltan (past tense lt, p. p. lten); akin to OFries. lta, OS. ltan, D. laten, G. lassen, OHG. lzzan, Icel. lta, Sw. lta, Dan. lade, Goth. ltan, 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. ()

He . . . prayed him his voyage for to let. (Chaucer.)

Yet neither spins nor cards, ne cares nor frets, But to her mother Nature all her care she lets. (Spenser.)

Let me alone in choosing of my wife. (Chaucer.)

2. To consider; to think; to esteem. (Chaucer.)

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. ()

This irous, cursed wretch Let this knight's son anon before him fetch. (Chaucer.)

He . . . thus let do slay hem all three. (Chaucer.)

Anon he let two coffers make. (Gower.)

4. To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent. ()

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Pharaoh said, I will let you go. (Ex. viii. 28.)

If your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is. (Shak.)

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. ()

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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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. ()

v. i. 1. To forbear. (Bacon.)

2. To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under Let, v. t. ()

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.] ()