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<p><b>4.</b> <def>To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent.</def>

<note>&hand; In this sense, when followed by an infinitive, the latter is commonly without the sign <i>to</i>; as to <i>let</i> us walk, <it>i. e.</it>, to permit or suffer us to walk. Sometimes there is entire omission of the verb; as, to <i>let</i> [to be or to go] loose.</note>

<blockquote>Pharaoh said, I will <b>let</b> you go <i>Ex. viii. 28.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If your name be Horatio, as I am <b>let</b> to know it is. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire out; -- often with <ptcl>out</ptcl>; <as>as, to <ex>let</ex> a farm; to <ex>let</ex> a house; to <ex>let</ex> out horses.</as></def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; -- often with <ptcl>out</ptcl>; <as>as, to <ex>let</ex> the building of a bridge; to <ex>let</ex> out the lathing and the plastering.</as></def>

<note>&hand; The active form of the infinitive of <i>let</i>, as of many other English verbs, is often used in a passive sense; as, a house <i>to let</i> (<it>i. e.</it>, for letting, or to be let). This form of expression conforms to the use of the Anglo-Saxon gerund with <i>to</i> (dative infinitive) which was commonly so employed. See <er>Gerund</er>, 2. " Your elegant house in Harley Street is <i>to let</i>." <i>Thackeray.</i> In the imperative mood, before the first person plural, <i>let</i> has a hortative force. " Rise up, <i>let</i> us go." <i>Mark xiv. 42</i>. " <i>Let</i> us seek out some desolate shade." <i>Shak.</i></note>

<cs><col>To let alone</col>, <cd>to leave; to withdraw from; to refrain from interfering with.</cd> -- <col>To let blood</col>, <cd>to cause blood to flow; to bleed.</cd> -- <col>To let down</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To lower</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To soften in tempering; as <i>to let down<i> tools, cutlery, and the like.</cd><-- to let (someone) down. to disappoint (someone) by filing to perform as expected. --> -- <mcol><col>To let</col> <col>drive &or; fly</col></mcol>, <cd>to discharge with violence, as a blow, an arrow, or stone. See under <er>Drive</er>, and <er>Fly</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To let in</col> &or; into. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To permit or suffer to enter; to admit.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To insert, or imbed, as a piece of wood, in a recess formed in a surface for the purpose</cd>. <col>To let loose</col></mcol>, <cd>to remove restraint from; to permit to wander at large.</cd> -- <col>To let off</col> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To discharge; to let fly, as an arrow; to fire the charge of, as a gun</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To release, as from an engagement or obligation</cd>. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <col>To let out</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To allow to go forth; <as>as, <ex>to let out<ex> a prisoner</as></cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To extend or loosen, as the folds of a garment; to enlarge; to suffer to run out, as a cord</cd>. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To lease; to give out for performance by contract, as a job</cd>. <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To divulge.</cd> -- <col>To let slide</col>, <cd>to let go; to cease to care for. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> " <i>Let<i> the world <i>slide<i>."</cd> <i>Shak.</i></cs>

<h1>Let</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Let</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To forbear.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be let or leased; <as>as, the farm <ex>lets</ex> for $500 a year</as>. See note under <er>Left</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt></def>

<cs><col>To let on</col>, <cd>to tell; to tattle; to divulge something.</cd> <mark></mark> -- <col>To let up</col></mcol>, <cd>to become less severe; to diminish; to cease; <as>as, when the storm <ex>lets up<ex>.</as> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Let-alone</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Let"-a*lone"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Letting alone.</def>

<cs><col>The let-alone principle, doctrine, &or; policy</col>. <fld>(Polit. Econ.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Laissez faire</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Letch</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Letch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. & n.</tt> <def>See <er>Leach</er>.</def>

<h1>Letch</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Letch</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lech</er>, <er>Lecher</er>.]</ety> <def>Strong desire; passion. (<mark>Archaic</mark>.)</def>

<blockquote>Some people have a <b>letch</b> for unmasking impostors, or for avenging the wrongs of others. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Letchy</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Letch"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Leachy</er>.</def>

<h1>Lete</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Lete</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To let; to leave.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Leten</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Let"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>obs. p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Lete</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>