ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Lefull

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Lefull is an adjective meaning (archaic) permissible, permitted; allowable, allowed.

Meaning

(archaic) permissible, permitted; allowable, allowed.

Example Sentences

That thynge is not lefull to be seen / yt is not lefull to be desyred.
:Quid saluum esse poterit si licet furari, what can be safe, if thefte bee lefull or tolerated.
Another book well known to bibliomaniacs ("Dives and Pauper," ed. W. de Worde; 1496) says: "For to represente in playnge at Crystmasse herodes and the thre kynges and other processes of the gospelles both then and at Ester and other tymes also it is lefull and cōmendable."

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include leveful, permittable, permitable, allowable, permitted, tolerable.

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