conjunction (formal or literary)
1 in order to prevent sth from happening:
He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob. * Lest anyone should doubt my story, I have brought documents to attest to its truth.
2 used to introduce the reason for the particular emotion mentioned
SYNINCASE:
She was afraid lest she had revealed too much.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for lest is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does lest appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — lest appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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