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{{11}}let (n.) "stoppage, obstruction" (obsolete unless in legal contracts), late 12c., from archaic verb letten "to hinder," from O.E. lettan "hinder, delay," from P.Gmc. *latjanan (Cf. O.S. lettian "to hinder," O.N. letja "to hold back," O.H.G. lezzen "to stop, check," Goth. latjan "to hinder, make late," O.E. læt "sluggish, slow, late"); see LATE (Cf. late).
{{12}}let (v.) O.E. lætan "to allow to remain; let go, leave, depart from; leave undone; to allow; bequeath," also "to rent" (class VII strong verb; past tense let, pp. læten), from P.Gmc. *letan (Cf. O.S. latan, O.Fris. leta, Du. laten, Ger. lassen, Goth. letan "to leave, let"), from PIE *le- "to let go, slacken" (Cf. L. lassus "faint, weary," Lith. leisti "to let, to let loose;" see LENIENT (Cf. lenient)). If that derivation is correct, the primary sense would be "let go through weariness, neglect." Of blood, from late Old English. To let (something) slip originally (1520s) was a reference to hounds on a leash; figurative use from 1540s. To let (someone) off "allow to go unpunished" is from 1814. To let on "reveal, divulge" is from 1725; to let up "cease, stop" is from 1787. Let alone "not to mention" is from 1812.

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