LESTING

LEST

Lest, v. i.

Definition: To listen. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

Lest, n. Etym: [See List to choose.]

Definition: Lust; desire; pleasure. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Lest, a.

Definition: Last; least. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Lest, conj. Etym: [OE.leste, fr. AS. l the less that, where that, who, which. See The, Less, a.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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29 April 2025

CORRECTION

(noun) a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; “market runups are invariably followed by a correction”


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Coffee Trivia

Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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