let \let\, v. t. imp.  p. p. let letted le^t"te^d,
   obs.; p. pr.  vb. n. letting. oe. leten, laeten
   past tense lat, let, p. p. laten, leten, lete, as.
   l=aetan past tense l=et, p. p. l=aeten; akin to
   ofries. l=eta, os. l=atan, d. laten, g. lassen, ohg.
   l=azzan, icel. l=ata, sw. lata, dan. lade, goth.
   l=etan, and l. lassus weary. the original meaning seems to
   have been, to let loose, let go, let drop. cf. alas,
   late, lassitude, let to hinder.
   1. to leave; to relinquish; to abandon. obs. or archaic,
      except when followed by alone or be.
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            he . . . prayed him his voyage for to let.
                                                  --chaucer.
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            yet neither spins nor cards, ne cares nor frets,
            but to her mother nature all her care she lets.
                                                  --spenser.
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            let me alone in choosing of my wife.  --chaucer.
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   2. to consider; to think; to esteem. obs. --chaucer.
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   3. to cause; to make; -- used with the infinitive in the
      active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e.,
      cause to be made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought.
      obs.
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            this irous, cursed wretch
            let this knight's son anon before him fetch.
                                                  --chaucer.
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            he . . . thus let do slay hem all three. --chaucer.
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            anon he let two coffers make.         --gower.
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   4. to permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively,
      by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain
      or prevent.
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   note: in this sense, when followed by an infinitive, the
         latter is commonly without the sign to; as to let us
         walk, i. e., to permit or suffer us to walk. sometimes
         there is entire omission of the verb; as, to let to be
         or to go loose.
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               pharaoh said, i will let you go.   --ex. viii.
                                                  28.
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               if your name be horatio, as i am let to know it
               is.                                --shak.
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   5. to allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to
      lease; to rent; to hire out; -- often with out; as, to let
      a farm; to let a house; to let out horses.
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   6. to give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or
      contract; -- often with out; as, to let the building of a
      bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering.
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   note: the active form of the infinitive of let, as of many
         other english verbs, is often used in a passive sense;
         as, a house to let i. e., for letting, or to be let.
         this form of expression conforms to the use of the
         anglo-saxon gerund with to dative infinitive which
         was commonly so employed. see gerund, 2. " your
         elegant house in harley street is to let." --thackeray.
         in the imperative mood, before the first person plural,
         let has a hortative force. " rise up, let us go."
         --mark xiv. 42. " let us seek out some desolate shade."
         --shak.
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   to let alone, to leave; to withdraw from; to refrain from
      interfering with.

   to let blood, to cause blood to flow; to bleed.

   to let down.
      a to lower.
      b to soften in tempering; as, to let down tools,
          cutlery, and the like.

   to let fly or to let drive, to discharge with violence,
      as a blow, an arrow, or stone. see under drive, and
      fly.

   to let in or to let into.
      a to permit or suffer to enter; to admit.
      b to insert, or imbed, as a piece of wood, in a recess
          formed in a surface for the purpose.

   to let loose, to remove restraint from; to permit to wander
      at large.

   to let off.
      a to discharge; to let fly, as an arrow; to fire the
          charge of, as a gun.
      b to release, as from an engagement or obligation.
          colloq.

   to let out.
      a to allow to go forth; as, to let out a prisoner.
      b to extend or loosen, as the folds of a garment; to
          enlarge; to suffer to run out, as a cord.
      c to lease; to give out for performance by contract, as
          a job.
      d to divulge.

   to let slide, to let go; to cease to care for. colloq. "
      let the world slide." --shak.
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see also:
let letted letting alas late lassitude 
gerund to let alone to let blood to let down to let fly 
to let drive drive fly to let in to let into 
to let loose to let off to let out to let slide 

drive \drive\, v. i.
   1. to rush and press with violence; to move furiously.
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            fierce boreas drove against his flying sails.
                                                  --dryden.
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            under cover of the night and a driving tempest.
                                                  --prescott.
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            time driveth onward fast,
            and in a little while our lips are dumb. --tennyson.
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   2. to be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any
      physical force or agent; to be driven.
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            the hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn.
                                                  --byron.
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            the chaise drives to mr. draper's chambers.
                                                  --thackeray.
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   3. to go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by
      directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw
      it; as, the coachman drove to my door.
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   4. to press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an
      effort; to strive; -- usually with at.
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            let them therefore declare what carnal or secular
            interest he drove at.                 --south.
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   5. to distrain for rent. obs.
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   6. golf to make a drive, or stroke from the tee.
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   7. to go from one place to another in a vehicle, serving as
      the operator of the vehicle; to drive9 a vehicle from
      one location to another. he drove from new york to boston
      in four hours.
      pjc

   to let drive, to aim a blow; to strike with force; to
      attack. "four rogues in buckram let drive at me." --shak.
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see also:
to let drive