Thesaurus: lest

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1. v. i. To listen.
2. n. Lust; desire; pleasure.
3. a. Last; least.
4. a. For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not.
5. a. That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.
6. To listen. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser. Lust; desire; pleasure. [Obs.] Chaucer. Last; least. [Obs.] Chaucer. 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.
7. To listen. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
8. c:100 s being ten more than forty