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Webster 1913 Edition
Bathe
Bathe
(bāth)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bathed
(bāthd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bathing
.] 1.
To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
Chancing to
bathe
himself in the River Cydnus. South.
2.
To lave; to wet.
“The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain.” T. Arnold.
3.
To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
And let us
bathe
our hands in Cæsar’s blood. Shakespeare
4.
To apply water or some liquid medicament to;
as, to
. bathe
the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe
one's forehead with camphor5.
To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed.
“The rosy shadows bathe me. ” Tennyson.
“The bright sunshine bathing all the world.” Longfellow.
Bathe
,Verb.
I.
1.
To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.
“They bathe in summer.” Waller.
2.
To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath.
“To bathe in fiery floods.” Shak.
“Bathe in the dimples of her cheek.” Lloyd.
3.
To bask in the sun.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Bathe
,Noun.
The immersion of the body in water;
as, to take one's usual
. bathe
Edin. Rev.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bathe
BATHE
, v.t.1.
To wash the body, or some part of it, by immersion, as in a bath; it often differs from ordinary washing in a longer application of water, to the body or to a particular part, as for the purpose of cleansing or stimulating the skin.2.
To wash or moisten, for the purpose of making soft and supple, or for cleansing, as a wound.3.
To moisten or suffuse with a liquid; as, to bathe in tears or blood.BATHE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
bathë
bathë
See also: bathe
Albanian
Noun
bathë f (definite singular batha)
- fava bean, broad bean (Vicia faba)
- (dialectal) string bean
Derived terms
- bathër, bathëz, bathishtë, bathje, bathore