Lesson

les'n, n. Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil; something a igned to be learned or taught at one time; instruction derived from experience, observation, or deduction; a portion of Scripture read in divine service; severe lecture; rebuke. or — v. t. [le oxed (-nd), -oxixg.] To teach, instruct. n. Lest. See under Le . con- Let, let, v. t. [let (letted is obsolete), letting.] its To give leave or power \>y a positive act; or, neg a-; tiveV, to withhold restraint; not to prevent; to permit, allow, suffer; to grant po e ion and use for a compensation; to lease, — often followed by — out.