| let | (l<ecr/t), v. t. [OE. letten, AS. lettan to delay, to hinder, fr. lt 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]
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-He was so strong that no man might him let. Chaucer.
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-He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 2. Thess. ii. 7.
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-Mine ancient wound is hardly whole, |
| let | , n. 1.
A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic. Keats.
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-Consider whether your doings be to the let of your salvation or not. Latimer.
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2. (Lawn Tennis)
A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.
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| let | , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Let (Letted (l<ecr/t"t<ecr/d), [Obs].); p. pr. & vb. n. Letting.] [OE. leten, lten (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. ltan, D. laten, G. lassen, OHG. lzzan, Icel. lta, Sw. lta, 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.]
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-He . . . prayed him his voyage for to let. Chaucer.
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-Yet neither spins nor cards, ne cares nor frets, |
| let | , v. i. 1.
To forbear. [Obs.] Bacon.
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2.
To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under Let, v. t.
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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.]
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| let | (?), n. [See Eyelet.]
An eye, bud, or shoot, as of a plant; an oilet. [Obs.] Holland.
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oe*nan"thate, *nan"thate (?), n. (Chem.)
A salt or ester of oenanthic acid; as, testosterone oenanthate is sold as an anabolic steroid; also called enanthate.
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