Nearby Words
verb (used with object)
1.
to wash; bathe.
2.
(of a river, sea, etc.) to flow along, against, or past; wash.
3.
Obsolete. to ladle; pour or dip with a ladle.
verb (used without object)
4.
Archaic. to bathe.
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Lave
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English laven, partly < Old French laver < Latin lavāre to wash; partly representing Old English lafian to pour water on, wash, itself perhaps < Latin lavāre
before 900; Middle English laven, partly < Old French laver < Latin lavāre to wash; partly representing Old English lafian to pour water on, wash, itself perhaps < Latin lavāre
Related forms
un·laved, adjective
un·lav·ing, adjective
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noun Scot.
the remainder; the rest.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English (Scots); Old English lāf; cognate with Old High German leiba, Old Norse leif, Gothic laiba; akin to leave1
before 1000; Middle English (Scots); Old English lāf; cognate with Old High German leiba, Old Norse leif, Gothic laiba; akin to leave1
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| lave (leɪv) | |
| —vb | |
| an archaic word for wash | |
| [Old English lafian, perhaps from Latin lavāre to wash] | |
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Word Origin & History
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. descendant, laver. L. lavare is from PIE *lou- "to wash" (cf. L. luere "to wash," Gk. louein "to wash, bathe," O.Ir. loathar "basin," Bret. laouer "trough," O.E. leaþor
EXPAND"lather").
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