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 5 definitions foundFrom WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: lest adverb 1: for fear that; "she tiptoed lest her mother should hear her" 2: that (after verbs explicitly expressing fear etc.); "he worried lest he should be late" From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Lest \Lest\, adjective Last; least. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Lest \Lest\, conj. [OE. leste, fr. AS. [eth][=y] l[=ae]s [eth][=e] the less that, where [eth][=y] is the instrumental case of the definite article, and [eth][=e] is an indeclinable relative particle, that, who, which. See {The}, {Less}, adjective] 1. For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. --Prov. xx. 13. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. --1 Cor. x. 12. 2. That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension. I feared Lest I might anger thee. --Shak. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Lest \Lest\ (l[e^]st), verb (used without an object) To listen. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Lest \Lest\, noun [See List to choose.] Lust; desire; pleasure. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |||
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