Verb to lave english english wash middle "to

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lave

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

lave

\\ˈlāv\\ noun

ETYMOLOGY Middle English (northern dialect), from Old English lāf; akin to Old English belīfan to remain — more at

leave

DATE before 12th century

chiefly dialect : something that is left :

residue

verb

(laved ; lav·ing)

ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Old English lafian, from Latin lavare

DATE before 12th century

transitive verb

wash

bathe

b. to flow along or against

pour

intransitive verb

archaic : to wash oneself :

bathe

English Etymology

lave

O.E. gelafian "wash by pouring, pour (water)," possibly an early Eng. or W.Gmc. borrowing of L. lavare "to wash," or its

O.Fr
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.descendant, laver. L. lavare is from PIE *lou- "to wash" (cf. L.luere "to wash," Gk. louein "to wash, bathe,"

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. loathar "basin," Bret. laouer "trough," O.E. leaþor "lather").

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition

v. Function: verb

Synonyms:

BATHE

2, lap, lip, wash

Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged

lave

I. \ˈlāv\ noun

(-s)

Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect), from Old English lāf; akin to Old High German leiba remainder, Old Norse leifar (plural) remnants, Gothic laiba remnant; derivative from the root of Old English belīfan to remain, be left over — more at

leave

now dialect : something that is left or remains :

residue

remainder

< he aye did as the lave did — J.G.Lockhart >

II. verb

(-ed/-ing/-s)

Etymology: Middle English laven, from Old English lafian; akin to Middle Dutch laven to refresh, soak, Old High German labōn to refresh, wash; all from a prehistoric West Germanic word borrowed from Latin lavare to wash — more at

lye

transitive verb

1. : to wash or flow along or against :

wash

bathe

< laved her injured foot in the cold stream — W.H.Hudson †1922 >

< baptism is performed by laving the candidate's head — George Stimpson >

< all stuffed into a whole long loaf of bread and laved generously with oil — R.B.Gehman >

2. :

pour

3. obsolete : to dip or scoop up or out (as with a ladle) :

lade

bail

intransitive verb

archaic : to wash oneself :

bathe

< in her chaste current oft the goddess laves — Alexander Pope >

III.

dialect

variant of

leave

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