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[last, lahst] Origin

last

2[last, lahst]
verb (used without object)
1.
to go on or continue in time: The festival lasted three weeks.
2.
to continue unexpended or unexhausted; be enough: We'll enjoy ourselves while our money lasts.
3.
to continue in force, vigor, effectiveness, etc.: to last for the whole course.
4.
to continue or remain in usable condition for a reasonable period of time: They were handsome shoes but they didn't last.
verb (used with object)
5.
to continue to survive for the duration of (often followed by out): They lasted the war in Switzerland.

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Last out is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English lasten, Old English lǣstan to follow (literally, go in the tracks of), perform, continue, last; cognate with German laisten to follow, Gothic laistjan. See last3


1. See continue.

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last out
 
vb
1.  (intr) to be sufficient for one's needs: how long will our supplies last out?
2.  (tr) to endure or survive: some old people don't last out the winter

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last
"shoemaker's block," from O.E. læste, from last "track, footprint, trace," from P.Gmc. *laistaz (cf. O.N. leistr "the foot," O.H.G. leist "track, footprint," Goth. laistjan "to follow," O.E. læran "to teach").
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