Let

Definition of Let

Pronunciation: lĕt´tĕd

v. t.

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.

A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; - common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic.

Consider whether your doings be to the let of your salvation or not.

- Latimer.

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

v. t.

To leave; to relinquish; to abandon.

[imp. & p. p. Let (Letted (lĕt"tĕd), [Obs].); p. pr. & vb. n. Letting.]

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.

To consider; to think; to esteem.

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.

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.

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.

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 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
to discharge with violence, as a blow, an arrow, or stone. See under Drive, and Fly.

To let in
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.

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. - Shak.

v. i.

To forbear.

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.

To let up
to become less severe; to diminish; to cease; as, when the storm lets up.

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