Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose. 2. (n.) A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic. 3. (n.) A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over. 4. (imp. & p. p.) of Let 5. (v. t.) To leave; to relinquish; to abandon. 6. (v. t.) To consider; to think; to esteem. 7. (v. t.) To cause; to make; -- used with the infinitive in the active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e., cause to be made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought. 8. (v. t.) To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent. 9. (v. t.) To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire out; -- often with out; as, to let a farm; to let a house; to let out horses. 10. (v. t.) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; -- often with out; as, to let the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering. 11. (v. i.) To forbear. 12. (v. i.) To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for USD500 a year. See note under Let, v. t. 13. (n.) A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, wavelet, armlet. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia LET (katecho): Usually in the sense of "permit" (Anglo-Saxon, leetan), but also in Old English with meaning of "hinder" (Anglo-Saxon, lettan). This latter sense is found in 2 Thessalonians 2:7 the King James Version, "Only he who now letteth will let," where the Revised Version (British and American) has, "Only there is one that restraineth now."

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