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LAVED
Verb
laved
simple past tense and past participle of lave
Anagrams
• Vadel
Source: Wiktionary
LAVE
Lave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Laved; p. pr. & vb. n. Laving.] Etym: [F. laver, L. lavare, akin to luere to wash, Gr. Ablution, Deluge, Lavender, Lava, Lotion.]
Definition: To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise. His feet the foremost breakers lave. Byron.
Lave, v. i.
Definition: To bathe; to wash one's self. In her chaste current oft the goddess laves. Pope.
Lave, v. t. Etym: [OE. laven. See Lavish.]
Definition: To lade, dip, or pour out. [Obs.] Dryden.
Lave, n. Etym: [AS. laf the remainder, what is left. Leave.]
Definition: The remainder; others. [Scot.] Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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