Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Let; rented; leased.
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- verb Past participle of
let - adjective obsolete, rare Let;
demised ,leased .
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Examples
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August 20, 2008 at 7:47 pm ohai everonez! crazee ting not letten meh commenties thru agin = theyz floatin in owter spaze somewherez ah tink. mebbe tis 1 go thru.
Gud ting 1 uv u iz docter, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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And for als moche as it ne reynethe not in that contree, but the eyr is alwey pure and cleer, therfore in that contree ben the gode astronomyeres; for thei fynde there no cloudes, to letten hem.
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And forasmuch as it ne raineth not in that country, but the air is alway pure and clear, therefore in that country be the good astronomers, for they find there no clouds to letten them.
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And for als moche as it ne reynethe not in that contree, but the eyr is alwey pure and cleer, therfore in that contree ben the gode astronomyeres; for thei fynde there no cloudes, to letten hem.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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“You uns outta be ashamed,” she said, all her anger coming out in a whispered hiss, “letten a kid like that mess around in this.”
The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954
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We see him "letten in" by "certen men that did lie alwaies in two chambers over the said north church door," and running straightway to the Galilee bell and tolling it.
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"Peter won't get the sack for letten 'him in after all; my lady is sweet on him, I'm thinking, and I'm not in for Pete's place."
A Heart-Song of To-day Annie Gregg Savigny
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The upryste [106] sprytes the sylente letten [107] fylle,
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Sir William More hath demised, granted, and to ferm letten, and by these presents doth demise, grant, and to ferm let unto the said Richard Farrant all those his six upper chambers, lofts, lodgings, or rooms, lying together within the precinct of the late dissolved house or priory of the
Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration Joseph Quincy Adams 1913
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'The medow Sykes is about 5 acres of grounde, and was letten in the year 1628 at £6 per annum, and in 1635 at £6 13s. 4d.
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