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Webster 1913 Edition


Lave

Lave

(lāv)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Laved
(lāvd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Laving
.]
[F.
laver
, L.
lavare
, akin to
luere
to wash, Gr. [GREEK]. Cf.
Ablution
,
Deluge
,
Lavender
,
Lava
,
Lotion
.]
To wash; to bathe;
as, to
lave
a bruise
.
His feet the foremost breakers
lave
.
Byron.

Lave

,
Verb.
I.
To bathe; to wash one’s self.
In her chaste current oft the goddess
laves
.
Pope.

Lave

,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
laven
. See
Lavish
.]
To lade, dip, or pour out.
[Obs.]
Dryden.

Lave

,
Noun.
[AS.
lāf
the remainder, what is left. √119. See
Leave
.]
The remainder; others.
[Scot.]
Bp. Hall.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lave

LAVE

,
Verb.
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.]