LESTS

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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