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English Dictionary: least	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
least adv used to form the superlative; "The garter snake is the least dangerous snake" Synonym(s): least, to the lowest degree Antonym(s): most, to the highest degree adj the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree; "didn't care the least bit"; "he has the least talent of anyone" Antonym(s): most(a) n something that is of no importance; "it is the least I can do"; "that is the least of my concerns"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Least \Least\, adv. In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Least \Least\, conj. See {Lest}, conj. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Least \Least\, a. [OE. last, lest, AS. l[?]sast, l[?]sest, superl. of l[?]ssa less. See {Less}, a.] [Used as the superlative of little.] Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space. Note: Least is often used with the, as if a noun. I am the least of the apostles. --1 Cor. xv. 9. {At least}, [or] {At the least}, at the least estimate, consideration, chance, etc.; hence, at any rate; at all events; even. See {However}. He who tempts, though in vain, at least asperses The tempted with dishonor. --Milton. Upon the mast they saw a young man, at least if he were a man, who sat as on horseback. --Sir P. Sidney. {In least}, [or] {In the least}, in the least degree, manner, etc. [bd]He that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.[b8] --Luke xvi. 10. {Least squares} (Math.), a method of deducing from a number of carefully made yet slightly discordant observations of a phenomenon the most probable values of the unknown quantities. Note: It takes as its fundamental principle that the most probable values are those which make the sum of the squares of the residual errors of the observation a minimum.