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lettest

verb, old form used with thou

«lettest» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Early Modern English

Meaning

«lettest» means «you let», a form of «let»: To allow someone to do something: "Mum let me stay up." tree →

Then and now

Only the ending is old: -est or -st was the ending used with thou, which today is you with no ending: «thou lettest» = «you let».

Examples

And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty; (Torah DEU.15.13, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: you let.

On Mova

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