LEST

v. n. a. conj.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To listen. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

2.
n.

Lust; desire; pleasure. [Obs.] Chaucer.

3.
a.

Last; least. [Obs.] Chaucer.

4.
conj.

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.

5.
conj.

That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension. I feared Lest I might anger thee. Shak.

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