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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Lest \Lest\, a. Last; least. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Lest \Lest\, conj. [OE. leste, fr. AS. [edh][ymac] l[aemac]s [edh][emac] the less that, where [edh][ymac] is the instrumental case of the definite article, and [edh][emac] is an indeclinable relative particle, that, who, which. See {The}, {Less}, a.] 1. For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. --Prov. xx. 13. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. --1 Cor. x. 12. 2. That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension. I feared Lest I might anger thee. --Shak. | |
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Lest \Lest\ (l[ecr]st), v. i. To listen. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. | |
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Lest \Lest\, n. [See List to choose.] Lust; desire; pleasure. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
