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[lɛst], (Conjunction)
Definitions:
- with the intention of preventing (something undesirable); to avoid the risk of
(e.g: he spent whole days in his room, wearing headphones lest he disturb anyone)
Phrases:
Origin
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Old English thȳ lǣs the ‘whereby less that’, later the læste
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