Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lave"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lave \Lave\, v. i.
To bathe; to wash one's self.
In her chaste current oft the goddess laves. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lave \Lave\, v. t. [OE. laven. See {Lavish}.]
To lade, dip, or pour out. [Obs.] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lave \Lave\, n. [AS. l[=a]f the remainder, what is left. ?. See
{Leave}.]
The remainder; others. [Scot.] --Bp. Hall.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lave
v : cleanse (one's body) with soap and water [syn: {wash}]
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