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English Dictionary: let	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
LET n a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India; "Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus" Synonym(s): Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, LET, Army of the Pure, Army of the Righteous a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again Synonym(s): let, net ball v make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off" Synonym(s): let, allow, permit Antonym(s): keep, prevent actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested" consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" Synonym(s): permit, allow, let, countenance Antonym(s): disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" Synonym(s): get, let, have leave unchanged; "let it be" grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners" Synonym(s): lease, let, rent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-let \-let\ (-l[ecr]t). [From two French dim. endings -el (L. -ellus) and -et, as in bracelet.] A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, wavelet, armlet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Let \Let\ (l[ecr]t), v. t. [OE. letten, AS. lettan to delay, to hinder, fr. l[91]t slow; akin to D. letten to hinder, G. verletzen to hurt, Icel. letja to hold back, Goth. latjan. See {Late}.] To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose. [Archaic] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Let \Let\, n. 1. A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic. --Keats. Consider whether your doings be to the let of your salvation or not. --Latimer. 2. (Lawn Tennis) A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Let \Let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Let} ({Letted} (l[ecr]t"t[ecr]d), [Obs].); p. pr. & vb. n. {Letting}.] [OE. leten, l[91]ten (past tense lat, let, p. p. laten, leten, lete), AS. l[aemac]tan (past tense l[emac]t, p. p. l[aemac]ten); akin to OFries. l[emac]ta, OS. l[be]tan, D. laten, G. lassen, OHG. l[be]zzan, Icel. l[be]ta, Sw. l[86]ta, Dan. lade, Goth. l[emac]tan, and L. lassus weary. The original meaning seems to have been, to let loose, let go, let drop. Cf. {Alas}, {Late}, {Lassitude}, {Let} to hinder.] 1. To leave; to relinquish; to abandon. [Obs. or Archaic, except when followed by alone or be.] 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. 2. To consider; to think; to esteem. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 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. [Obs.] 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. 4. To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent. Note: In this sense, when followed by an infinitive, the latter is commonly without the sign to; as to let us walk, i. e., to permit or suffer us to walk. Sometimes there is entire omission of the verb; as, to let [to be or to go] loose. 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. Note: The active form of the infinitive of let, as of many other English verbs, is often used in a passive sense; as, a house to let (i. e., for letting, or to be let). This form of expression conforms to the use of the Anglo-Saxon gerund with to (dative infinitive) which was commonly so employed. See {Gerund}, 2. [bd] Your elegant house in Harley Street is to let.[b8] --Thackeray. In the imperative mood, before the first person plural, let has a hortative force. [bd] Rise up, let us go.[b8] --Mark xiv. 42. [bd] Let us seek out some desolate shade.[b8] --Shak. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Let \Let\, v. i. 1. To forbear. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. 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. [Low] {To let up}, to become less severe; to diminish; to cease; as, when the storm lets up. [Colloq.]