Bible Dictionaries
Lest
Webster's Dictionary
(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.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lest'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/lest.html. 1828.