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lept
English
Verb
lept
- (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of leap
- 1590?, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene
- Into the lake he lept his lord to ayd, / (So love the dread of daunger doth despise,) / And, of him catching hold, him strongly stayd / From drowning […]
- 1590?, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene
Anagrams
- Pelt, pelt
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lest
English
Etymology
c. 1200, contracted from Middle English les te (“less that”), from Old English þy læs þe (“whereby less that”), from þy (instrumental case of demonstrative article þæt “that”) + læs (“less”) + þe (“the”). The þy was dropped and the remaining two words contracted into leste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /li?st/
Conjunction
lest (formal, literary)
- For fear that; that not; in order to prevent something from happening; in case.
- Synonym: (informal) before
- (after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension) that (without the negative particle; introduces the reason for an emotion.)
Usage notes
- This word has become archaic for many English speakers.
- lest is usually followed by a verb in the subjunctive mood in either the present or future tense.
- For example: Lest they be captured, the soldiers fled from the battlefield.
- Let him attend the ceremony which commemorates the achievements of his ancestors, lest he forget.
- In the future tense, when it is differentiated from the present, it usually goes with should.
- Let us get to the station early, lest we should miss our connection.
- For example: Lest they be captured, the soldiers fled from the battlefield.
Translations
See also
- judge not lest ye be judged
- in case
- lest we forget
References
Anagrams
- ELTs, LETS, LTEs, TESL, elts, let's, lets, tels
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *l?st?, from Gothic ???????????????????? (lists), from Proto-Germanic *listiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?st/
Noun
lest f
- trick, ruse
- stratagem
Declension
Derived terms
- lstivý
Anagrams
- slet
Further reading
- lest in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- lest in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
lest
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of lessen
- (archaic) plural imperative of lessen
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch last (“load, burden”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?st/
Noun
lest m (plural lests)
- dead weight; ballast
Derived terms
- lester
Further reading
- “lest” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- tels
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le?st/
Verb
lest
- inflection of lesen:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Hungarian
Etymology
les +? -t
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?l??t]
- Hyphenation: lest
- Rhymes: -??t
Noun
lest
- accusative singular of les
Icelandic
Etymology
From Middle Low German last.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
lest f (genitive singular lestar, nominative plural lestir)
- train, file, row, line
- railway train
- cargo hold
- ton
- (obsolete) cargo, burden, load
Declension
Synonyms
- (train, file): röð
- (railway train): járnbrautarlest
- (cargo hold): lestarrúm, vörurúm
- (ton): tonn
- (cargo, burden): byrði, farmur
Derived terms
- bílalest (“convoy of cars”)
- hraðlest (“high speed train”)
- járnbrautarlest (“railroad train”)
- neðanjarðarlest (“underground train”)
- rúmlest (“register ton”)
- skipalest (“convoy of ships”)
- smálest (“metric ton”)
- snarlest (“rapid transit train”)
- ulfaldalest (“convoy of camels”)
Related terms
- lesta (“to load, to fill with cargo”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le?st/
Verb
lest
- supine of lese
Etymology 2
From Old Norse leistr, from Proto-Germanic *laistaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?st/
Noun
lest m (definite singular lesten, indefinite plural lester, definite plural lestene)
- a last (a tool in the shape of a human foot, for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes)
- (clothing) the foot-part of a stocking
Alternative forms
- (non-standard since 2005) leist
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?st/
Verb
lest (present tense lest, past tense lest)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by less
References
- “lest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Anagrams
- selt, slet, stel
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse leistr m, from Proto-Germanic *laistaz m (“track, trace; footprint”), from Proto-Indo-European *lóystos, from the root *leys- (“to trace, track”). Akin to English last, Swedish läst, and German Leisten.
Alternative forms
- leist
Noun
lest m (definite singular lesten, indefinite plural lestar, definite plural lestane)
- a last (a tool in the shape of a human foot, for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes)
- (clothing) the foot-part of a stocking
Derived terms
- lesta, leste (verb)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse lest f, from either Old English hlæst, Old Frisian hlest, or Middle Low German last. In any case, from Proto-Germanic *hlastuz and Doublet of last m.
Noun
lest m (definite singular lesten, indefinite plural lester or lestar, definite plural lestene or lestane)
- (historical) An old measure of volume, about 12 to 24 barrels.
- (historical) An old measure of weight, about half up until a full dozen skippund.
- (historical, nautical) An old unit of measure on the freight capacity of a ship.
Derived terms
- kommerselest m
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
lest
- past of låst
Etymology 4
From the verb leiste (“to grow over”).
Noun
lest m (definite singular lesten, indefinite plural lestar, definite plural lestane)
- straws and grasses that grow close to each other
- sprouting grasses and grains
References
Anagrams
- selt, stel
Romanian
Etymology
From French lest.
Noun
lest n (plural lesturi)
- ballast
Declension
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