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Let
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.
(2):
(v. t.) To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.
(3):
(v. t.) 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.
(4):
(n.) A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; - common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic.
(5):
(v. t.) To leave; to relinquish; to abandon.
(6):
(v. t.) To consider; to think; to esteem.
(7):
(v. i.) To forbear.
(8):
(v. i.) To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under Let, v. t.
(9):
(imp. & p. p.) of Let
(10):
(v. t.) To permit; to allow; to suffer; - either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent.
(11):
(v. t.) 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.
(12):
(v. t.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Let'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/let.html. 1828.
