let be verb3 •To not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone (see let it be).Will you never let me be? •Used to assign a value to a symbol.Let f be any real-valued function on I and g be any real-valued function on J. •(no longer used) To stop, to stop doing something; to leave off (now used alone, formerly also + infinitive).Let be therefore my vengeaunce to disswade [...]. — 1590 formsletting be · lets be