Blest vs Lest - What's the difference?
blest | lest |
: (bless)
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* 1850 , :
For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not; in case.
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, title= That (without the negative particle); – after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.
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, passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
As a verb blest
is an archaic spelling of lang=en: Past tense of bless.As a conjunction lest is
for fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not; in case.blest
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Alternative forms
* blessed * (Archaic)Verb
(head)- Doth she not count her blest , / Unworthy as she is, that we have wrought / So worthy a gentleman to be her bridegroom?
- I hold myself supremely blest — blest beyond what language can express; because I am my husband's life as fully as he is mine.
Anagrams
* *lest
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Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)Lunacy?, passage=Lest any astrologer reading this result get cocky, Dr Cajochen does not believe that what he has found is directly influenced by the Moon through, say, some tidal effect. What he thinks he has discovered is an additional hand on the body’s clock-face.}}