let
Usage
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The verb let is the familiar, conversational term for both allow and permit. Allow and permit are often interchangeable as terms that imply granting or conceding the right of someone to do something, but permit is the more positive of the two. Allow implies complete absence of an attempt, or even an intent, to hinder. Permit suggests formal or implied assent or authorization.
Example Sentences
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The termination -let, as in streamlet, seems to be double, and to consist of the Gothic diminutive -l, and the French diminutive -t.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
Equivalent to the English suffixes -let in "streamlet," -ule in "globule," "pustule."
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George
If he says black's black—if I have a humour to say 'tis blue- -let that pass—all's one for that.
From The Way of the World by Congreve, William
The forms -rel, as in cockerel, pickerel, and -let, as in streamlet, require a separate consideration.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
"Let us pursue our career hand in hand- -let us always keep our common goal in view, and shrink back from no step in order to reach it."
From Louisa of Prussia and Her Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
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