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BATHES
Verb
bathes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bathe
Anagrams
• baseth, beaths, behats
Source: Wiktionary
BATHE
Bathe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bathed (p. pr. & vb. n. Bathing.] Etym: [OE. ba, AS. ba, fr. bæ bath. See 1st Bath, and cf. Bay to bathe.]
1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath. Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus. South.
2. To lave; to wet. "The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain." T. Arnold.
3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid. And let us bathe our hands in Cæsar's blood. Shak.
4. 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.
5. To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed. "The rosy shadows bathe me. " Tennyson. "The bright sunshine bathing all the world." Longfellow.
Bathe, v. i.
1. To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. "They bathe in summer." Waller.
2. 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.
3. To bask in the sun. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bathe, n.
Definition: The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe. Edin. Rev.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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