Dictionary entry

Let (4)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Let, v. i. 1. To forbear. Bacon.

2. To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under Let, v. t.

To let on, to tell; to tattle; to divulge something. — To let up, to become less severe; to diminish; to cease; as, when the storm lets up.