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 let /ˈlɛt/
 (vt.)讓,假設,出租,排放,妨礙(vi.)出租,被承包出租屋,障礙

 Let v. t.  To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose. [Archaic]
    He was so strong that no man might him let.   --Chaucer.
    He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.   --2. Thess. ii. 7.
 Mine ancient wound is hardly whole,
 And lets me from the saddle.   --Tennyson.

 Let, n.
 1. A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic.
    Consider whether your doings be to the let of your salvation or not.   --Latimer.
 2. Lawn Tennis A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.

 Let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Let (Letted [Obs].); p. pr. & vb. n. Letting.]
 1. To leave; to relinquish; to abandon. [Obs. or Archaic, except when followed by alone or be.]
    He . . . prayed him his voyage for to let.   --Chaucer.
 Yet neither spins nor cards, ne cares nor frets,
 But to her mother Nature all her care she lets.   --Spenser.
    Let me alone in choosing of my wife.   --Chaucer.
 2. To consider; to think; to esteem. [Obs.]
 3. 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. [Obs.]
 This irous, cursed wretch
 Let this knight's son anon before him fetch.   --Chaucer.
    He . . . thus let do slay hem all three.   --Chaucer.
    Anon he let two coffers make.   --Gower.
 4. To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent.
 Note: ☞ In this sense, when followed by an infinitive, the latter is commonly without the sign to; as to let us walk, i. e., to permit or suffer us to walk. Sometimes there is entire omission of the verb; as, to let [to be or to go] loose.
    Pharaoh said, I will let you go.   --Ex. viii. 28.
    If your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is.   --Shak.
 5. 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.
 6. 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.
 Note: ☞ The active form of the infinitive of let, as of many other English verbs, is often used in a passive sense; as, a house to let (i. e., for letting, or to be let). This form of expression conforms to the use of the Anglo-Saxon gerund with to (dative infinitive) which was commonly so employed. See Gerund, 2. “ Your elegant house in Harley Street is to let.” --Thackeray.
   In the imperative mood, before the first person plural, let has a hortative force. “ Rise up, let us go.” --Mark xiv. 42. “ Let us seek out some desolate shade.” --Shak.
 To let alone, to leave; to withdraw from; to refrain from interfering with.
 To let blood, to cause blood to flow; to bleed.
 To let down. (a) To lower. (b) To soften in tempering; as, to let down tools, cutlery, and the like.
 To let fly or To let drive, to discharge with violence, as a blow, an arrow, or stone. See under Drive, and Fly.
 To let in or To let into. (a) To permit or suffer to enter; to admit. (b) To insert, or imbed, as a piece of wood, in a recess formed in a surface for the purpose.
 To let loose, to remove restraint from; to permit to wander at large.
 To let off. (a) To discharge; to let fly, as an arrow; to fire the charge of, as a gun. (b) To release, as from an engagement or obligation. [Colloq.]
 To let out. (a) To allow to go forth; as, to let out a prisoner. (b) To extend or loosen, as the folds of a garment; to enlarge; to suffer to run out, as a cord. (c) To lease; to give out for performance by contract, as a job. (d) To divulge.
 To let slide, to let go; to cease to care for. [Colloq.] “ Let the world slide.” --Shak.

 Let, v. i.
 1. To forbear. [Obs.]
 2. To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under Let, v. t.
 To let on, to tell; to tattle; to divulge something. [Low]
 To let up, to become less severe; to diminish; to cease; as, when the storm lets up. [Colloq.]
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 LET
      n 1: the most brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights
           against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of
           India; "Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of
           civilian Hindus" [syn: Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba,
            Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Army of the Pure, Army of the
           Righteous]
      2: a serve that strikes the net before falling into the
         receiver's court; the ball must be served again [syn: net
         ball]
      v 1: make it possible through a specific action or lack of action
           for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush
           in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into
           the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off"
           [syn: allow, permit] [ant: prevent]
      2: actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that
         I was not interested"
      3: consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit
         her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her
         basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" [syn: permit,
          allow, countenance] [ant: forbid, forbid]
      4: cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or
         condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in
         for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" [syn: get,
          have]
      5: leave unchanged; "let it be"
      6: grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am
         leasing my country estate to some foreigners" [syn: lease,
          rent]