01 v. i. To listen.
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To listen.[Obs.]
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5 senses · 4 variants
Webster, 1913
Lest
/(lĕst)/
· IPA /lɛst/
02 n. Lust; desire; pleasure.
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Lust; desire; pleasure.[Obs.]
03 a. Last; least.
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Last; least.[Obs.]
04 conj. For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not.
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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.
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That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.“I feared Lest I might anger thee.” — Shak.