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Pronunciation : Lest
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To listen. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Lest
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See List to choose.]
Definition : Defn: Lust; desire; pleasure. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Lest
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Last; least. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Lest
Part of Speech : conj.
Etymology : [OE.leste, fr. AS. l the less that, where that, who, which. See The, Less, a.]
Definition : 1. For Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Prov. xx. 18. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth he standeth take heed lest he fall. I Cor. x. 12.

2. That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension. I feared Lest I might anger thee. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913