Let
Definition of Let
Pronunciation: lĕt´tĕd v. t. | 1. | To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.He was so strong that no man might him let. - Chaucer. | n. | 1. | A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; - common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic. | | 2. | (Lawn Tennis) A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over. | v. t. | 1. | To leave; to relinquish; to abandon. | | 2. | To consider; to think; to esteem. | | 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. | | 4. | To permit; to allow; to suffer; - either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent.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.To let slide | to let go; to cease to care for. - Shak. |
| v. i. | 1. | To forbear. | | 2. | To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under Let, v. t. |
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