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Webster 1913 Edition

Lest

Lest

(lĕst)
,
Verb.
I.
To listen.
[Obs.]
Chaucer. Spenser.

Lest

,
Noun.
[See List to choose.]
Lust; desire; pleasure.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Lest

,
Adj.
Last; least.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Lest

,
c
onj.
[OE.
leste
, fr. AS.
ðȳ lǣs ðē
the less that, where
ðȳ
is the instrumental case of the definite article, and
ðē
is an indeclinable relative particle,
that
,
who
,
which
. See
The
,
Less
,
Adj.
]
1.
For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not.
Love not sleep,
lest
thou come to poverty.
Prov. xx. 13.
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed
lest
he fall.
1 Cor. x. 12.
2.
That (without the negative particle); – after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.
I feared
Lest
I might anger thee.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Lest

LEST

,
con.
That not; for fear that.
Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. Gen. 3.
The phrase may be thus explained. Ye shall not touch it; that separated or dismissed, ye die. That here refers to the preceding command or sentence; that being removed or not observed, the fact being not so, ye will die.
Sin no more, lest a worse thing come to thee. John 5.
Sin no more; that fact not taking place, a worse thing will happen to thee.

Definition 2024

lesť

lesť

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Slovak

Noun

lesť f ‎(declension pattern of kosť)

  1. trick, ruse
  2. stratagem

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