Definition of lest Lest
/lɛˈst/ - [lest] - lest
We found 7 definitions of lest from 2 different sources.
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What does lest mean?
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lest (v. i.)
To listen. - lest (n.)
Lust; desire; pleasure. - lest (a.)
Last; least. - lest (a.)
For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not. - lest (a.)
That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lest
lest, conj. that not: for fear that. [From the A.S. phrase ðý læs ðe (for the reason less that=L. quominus), the first word being dropped, while the others coalesced into lest.] -
lest
lest, v.i. (Spens.) to listen
