Let

let, v.t. to slacken or loose restraint upon to give leave or power to to allow, permit, suffer: to grant to a tenant or hirer,—pr.p. lett'mg; pa.t. and pa.p. let. [A.S leet an, to permit Uet, Ice. lair, slow, lazy, slack Ger. la en, Fr. lai er, to let, permit. See Late.]