Let (lĕt), v. t. [OE. letten, AS. lettan to delay, to hinder, fr. læt slow; akin to D. letten to hinder, G. verletzen to hurt, Icel. letja to hold back, Goth. latjan. See Late.] To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.
He was so strong that no man might him let. Chaucer.
He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 2. Thess. ii. 7.
Mine ancient wound is hardly whole,
And lets me from the saddle. Tennyson.