Est vs Lest - What's the difference?
est | lest |
(obsolete) Grace; favour.
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(Erhard Seminars Training), a course intended to promote satisfaction with life in the present moment, as opposed to strivings to attain it.
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 noun est
is east.As a conjunction lest is
for fear that; that not; in order that not; in case.est
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(en-noun)Etymology 2
Adjective
(-)- Work sleeve, sl raglan marker, work in ribbing as est to cable marker
Etymology 3
Initialism.Noun
(-)Anagrams
* (l) ----lest
English
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.}}