bathe

Definitions

1. 1.To lave; to wet. "The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain." T. Arnold.
2. 2.To moisten or suffuse with a liquid. And let us bathe our hands in Cæsar's blood. Shak.
3. 3.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 camphor.
4. 4.To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed. "The rosy shadows bathe me. " Tennyson. "The bright sunshine bathing all the world." Longfellow.
5. 5.To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. "They bathe in summer." Waller.
6. 6.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.
7. 7.To bask in the sun. [Obs.] Chaucer.
8. 8.The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe. Edin. Rev.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to lave; to wet. "The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain." T. Arnold called?
• What is to moisten or suffuse with a liquid. And let us bathe our hands in Cæsar's blood. Shak called?
• What is 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 camphor called?
• What is to surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed. "The rosy shadows bathe me. " Tennyson. "The bright sunshine bathing all the world." Longfellow called?
• What is to bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. "They bathe in summer." Waller called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is the immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe. Edin. Rev called?