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Lave definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LAVE, v.t. [L. lavo; Gr.]
To wash; to bathe; a word used chiefly in poetry or rhetoric.
LAVE, v.i.
1. To bathe; to wash one's self.
2. To throw up or out; to lade out. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore" [syn: lave, lap, wash]
2: cleanse (one's body) with soap and water [syn: wash, lave]
3: wash one's face and hands; "She freshened up in the bathroom" [syn: wash up, lave]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect), from Old English l?f; akin to Old English bel?fan to remain — more at leave Date: before 12th century chiefly dialect something that is left ; residue II. verb (laved; laving) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lafian, from Latin lavare Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. wash, bathe b. to flow along or against 2. pour intransitive verb archaic to wash oneself ; bathe

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. literary 1 wash, bathe. 2 (of water) wash against; flow along. Etymology: ME f. OF laver f. L lavare wash, perh. coalescing with OE lafian

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lave Lave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Laved; p. pr. & vb. n. Laving.] [F. laver, L. lavare, akin to luere to wash, Gr. ?. Cf. Ablution, Deluge, Lavender, Lava, Lotion.] To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise. His feet the foremost breakers lave. --Byron.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lave Lave, v. i. To bathe; to wash one's self. In her chaste current oft the goddess laves. --Pope.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lave Lave, v. t. [OE. laven. See Lavish.] To lade, dip, or pour out. [Obs.] --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lave Lave, n. [AS. l[=a]f the remainder, what is left. ?. See Leave.] The remainder; others. [Scot.] --Bp. Hall.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Wash, bathe.

Moby Thesaurus

baptize, bath, bathe, brew, douche, drench, drouk, flush, flush out, gargle, holystone, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, inject, irrigate, lap, lather, launder, leach, lip, lixiviate, macerate, mop, mop up, percolate, permeate, rinse, rinse out, ritually immerse, saturate, scour, scrub, scrub up, seethe, shampoo, shower, sluice, sluice out, soak, soap, sodden, sop, souse, sponge, steep, swab, syringe, toivel, tub, wash, wash out, wash up, waterlog