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Cross references:
1. hire
1. let \'let\ vt or let.ted; or letted; or let or let.ting [ME letten,
fr. OE lettan to delay, hinder; akin to OHG lezzenX to delay, hurt, OE
l-t late archaic : HINDER, PREVENT
2. let n 1: something that impedes : OBSTRUCTION 2: a stroke in racket
games that does not count
3. let vb or let; or let.ting [ME leten, fr. OE l-tan; akin to OHG
la-zzan t]o permit, L lassus weary, lenis soft, mild 1: to cause to : MAKE
{~ it be known} 2a: RENT, LEASE {~ rooms} 2b: to assign esp. after bids
{~ a contract} 3a: to give opportunity to {live and ~ live} 3b: - used in
the imperative to introduce a request or proposal {~)R us pray} 3c: - used
imperatively as an auxiliary to express a warning {~ him try} 4: to free
from confinement : RELEASE {~ the prisoner go> 5: to permit to enter, pass,
or leave {~ them through} 1: to become rented or leased 2: to become
awarded to a contractor LET may imply a positive giving of permission but
more often implies failure to prevent either through inadvertence and
negligence or through lack of power or effective authority; ALLOW implies
little more than a forbearing to prohibit; PERMIT implies willingness or
acquiescence SYN syn LET, ALLOW, PERMIT mean not to forbid or prevent.