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Definition of let :
1. A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; - common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic.
2. A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.
3. of Lette
4. 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.
5. To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $ 500 a year. See note under Let, v. t.
6. 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.
7. To consider; to think; to esteem.
8. To forbear.
9. 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.
10. To leave; to relinquish; to abandon.
11. To permit; to allow; to suffer; - either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent.
12. To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.
Synonyms:
engender, bring, yield, acquire, baffle, deliver, ingest, stupefy, set out, produce, generate, get under one's skin, cause, stimulate, draw, bewilder, possess, arrest, catch, buzz off, dumbfound, take in, assign, feature, stick, earmark, give, have, capture, grow, consume, beat, engage, scram, mystify, puzzle, commence, set about, birth, consent to, contract, start out, hold, make, get, provide, admit, charter, pay off, obtain, sustain, throw, net ball, come, OK, give birth, appropriate, give up, drive, bugger off, bear, repudiate, suffer, receive, vex, allow for, incur, develop, hire, leave, induce, pose, begin, take into account, become, fetch, gravel, approbate, have got, get down, sign, find, start, set aside, flummox, perplex, pay back, arrive, intromit, mother, bring forth, experience, aim, reserve, countenance, grant, convey, rent, beget, own, enter, sire, take, fix, cancel, let out, amaze, go, nonplus, father
consented (part of speech: verb)
approved, acquiesced, ratified, concurred, endorsed, condoned, allowed, consented, assented, accepted, sanctioned
lend (part of speech: verb)
mortgage, lend, pawn, sublet, lease, loan, contribute, advance
consent (part of speech: verb)
approve, acquiesce, ratify, concur, endorse, condone, allow, consent, assent, accept, sanction
lent (part of speech: verb)
leased, lent, contributed, advanced, loaned, pawned, mortgaged
permitted (part of speech: verb)
permitted, enfranchised, released, tolerated, conceded, licensed, blessed, authorized
permit (part of speech: verb)
permit, enfranchise, release, tolerate, concede, license, bless, authorize
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