Lest
v. i.
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To listen. [Obs.]
Lest
n.
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Lust; desire; pleasure. [Obs.]
Lest
a.
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Last; least. [Obs.]
Lest
conj.
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For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty.
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
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That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.
I feared
Lest I might anger thee.