Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Leave"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Leave \Leave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Leaving}]
To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out. --G.
Fletcher.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Leave \Leave\, v. t. [See {Levy}.]
To raise; to levy. [Obs.]

An army strong she leaved. --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Leave \Leave\, n. [OE. leve, leave, AS. le['a]f; akin to le['o]f
pleasing, dear, E. lief, D. oorlof leave, G. arlaub, and
erlauben to permit, Icel. leyfi. ? See {Lief}.]
1. Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is
removed; permission; allowance; license.

David earnestly asked leave of me. --1 Sam. xx.
6.

No friend has leave to bear away the dead. --Dryden.

2. The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a
leaving; farewell; adieu; -- used chiefly in the phrase,
to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to go.

A double blessing is a'double grace; Occasion smiles
upon a second leave. --Shak.

And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while,
and then took his leave of the brethren. --Acts
xviii. 18.

{French leave}. See under {French}.

Syn: See {Liberty}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Leave \Leave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Left}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Leaving}.] [OE. leven, AS. l?fan, fr. l[=a]f remnant,
heritage; akin to lifian, libban, to live, orig., to remain;
cf. bel[=i]fan to remain, G. bleiben, Goth. bileiban. ?. See
{Live}, v.]
1. To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart
from; as, to leave the house.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. --Gen. ii.
24.

2. To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or
continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.

If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not
leave some gleaning grapes ? --Jer. xlix.
9.

These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the
other undone. --Matt. xxiii.
23.

Besides it leaveth a suspicion, as if more might be
said than is expressed. --Bacon.

3. To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.

Now leave complaining and begin your tea. --Pope.

4. To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to
relinquish.

Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. --Mark
x. 28.

The heresies that men do leave. --Shak.

5. To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to
his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge.

I will leave you now to your gossiplike humor.
--Shak.

6. To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to
submit -- with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as,
leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave
the matter to arbitrators.

Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy
way. --Matt. v. 24.

The foot That leaves the print of blood where'er it
walks. --Shak.

7. To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he
left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy
to his niece.

{To leave alone}.
(a) To leave in solitude.
(b) To desist or refrain from having to do with; as, to
leave dangerous chemicals alone.

{To leave off}.
(a) To desist from; to forbear; to stop; as, to leave off
work at six o'clock.
(b) To cease wearing or using; to omit to put in the usual
position; as, to leave off a garment; to leave off the
tablecloth.
(c) To forsake; as, to leave off a bad habit.

{To leave out}, to omit; as, to leave out a word or name in
writing.

{To leave to one's self}, to let (one) be alone; to cease
caring for (one).

Syn: Syn>- To quit; depart from; forsake; abandon;
relinquish; deliver; bequeath; give up; forego; resign;
surrender; forbear. See {Quit}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Leave \Leave\, v. i.
1. To depart; to set out. [Colloq.]

By the time I left for Scotland. --Carlyle.

2. To cease; to desist; to leave off. ``He . . . began at the
eldest, and left at the youngest.'' --Gen. xliv. 12.

{To leave off}, to cease; to desist; to stop.

Leave off, and for another summons wait.
--Roscommon.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

leave
n 1: the period of time during which you are absent from work or
duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother" [syn: {leave
of absence}]
2: permission to do something; "she was granted leave to speak"
3: the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells";
"he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" [syn:
{farewell}, {leave-taking}, {parting}]
v 1: go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"
"She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at
midnight" [syn: {go forth}, {go away}] [ant: {arrive}]
2: go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or
forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His
good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after
20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been
left behind"
3: act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The
inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks
left us speechless"
4: leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking;
"leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the
flowers that you see in the park behind" [syn: {leave
alone}, {leave behind}]
5: move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive
has left the country" [syn: {exit}, {go out}, {get out}]
[ant: {enter}]
6: make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be
attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for
improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion";
"allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"
[syn: {allow for}, {allow}, {provide for}]
7: result in; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her
blood left a stain on the napkin" [syn: {result}, {lead}]
8: remove oneself from an association with or participation in;
"She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left
her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate
after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company,
she pulled up stakes" [syn: {depart}, {pull up stakes}]
9: put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the
decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's
care" [syn: {entrust}]
10: leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed
me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire
estate" [syn: {bequeath}, {will}] [ant: {disinherit}]
11: have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of
us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11"
12: be survived by after one's death: "He left six children";
"At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"
[syn: {leave behind}]
13: tell or deposit (information) knowledge; "give a secret to
the Russians"; "leave your name and address here" [syn: {impart},
{give}, {pass on}]
14: leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the
restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked
the doors" [syn: {forget}]


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