'Lest' definitions:
Definition of 'Lest'
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- Lest \Lest\, a. Last; least. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lest'
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- Lest \Lest\, conj. [OE. leste, fr. AS. [eth][=y] l[=ae]s [eth][=e] the less that, where [eth][=y] is the instrumental case of the definite article, and [eth][=e] is an indeclinable relative particle, that, who, which. See The, Less, a.]
- 1. For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not. [1913 Webster]
- Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. --Prov. xx. 13. [1913 Webster]
- Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. --1 Cor. x. 12. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension. [1913 Webster]
- I feared Lest I might anger thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lest'
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- Lest \Lest\ (l[e^]st), v. i. To listen. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lest'
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- Lest \Lest\, n. [See List to choose.] Lust; desire; pleasure. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]