Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
LEFT
leftover, left over, left, odd, remaining, unexpended
(adjective) not used up; “leftover meatloaf”; “she had a little money left over so she went to a movie”; “some odd dollars left”; “saved the remaining sandwiches for supper”; “unexpended provisions”
left, left-hand
(adjective) intended for the left hand; “I rarely lose a left-hand glove”
left
(adjective) of or belonging to the political or intellectual left
left
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
left
(adverb) toward or on the left; also used figuratively; “he looked right and left”; “the political party has moved left”
left
(noun) a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east; “take a left at the corner”
left, left hand
(noun) the hand that is on the left side of the body; “jab with your left”
left, left wing
(noun) those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare
left
(noun) location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east; “she stood on the left”
LEAVE
leave, leave alone, leave behind, let alone
(verb) 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”
leave, leave behind
(verb) be survived by after one’s death; “He left six children”; “At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats”
forget, leave
(verb) leave behind unintentionally; “I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant”; “I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors”
leave
(verb) 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”
leave, go forth, go away
(verb) go away from a place; “At what time does your train leave?”; “She didn’t leave until midnight”; “The ship leaves at midnight”
exit, go out, get out, leave
(verb) move out of or depart from; “leave the room”; “the fugitive has left the country”
bequeath, will, leave
(verb) leave or give by will after one’s death; “My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry”; “My grandfather left me his entire estate”
impart, leave, give, pass on
(verb) transmit (knowledge or skills); “give a secret to the Russians”; “leave your name and address here”; “impart a new skill to the students”
entrust, leave
(verb) put into the care or protection of someone; “He left the decision to his deputy”; “leave your child in the nurse’s care”
leave, depart, pull up stakes
(verb) 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”
leave, result, lead
(verb) produce as a result or residue; “The water left a mark on the silk dress”; “Her blood left a stain on the napkin”
leave, allow for, allow, provide
(verb) 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”; “This procedure provides for lots of leeway”
leave
(verb) act or be so as to become in a specified state; “The inflation left them penniless”; “The president’s remarks left us speechless”
leave
(verb) have left or have as a remainder; “That left the four of us”; “19 minus 8 leaves 11”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
left (comparative more left or lefter, superlative most left or leftmost)
The opposite of right; toward the west when one is facing north.
Synonyms: sinister, sinistral
Antonyms: right, dexter, dextral
(politics) Pertaining to the political left.
Antonym: right
Adverb
left (not comparable)
On the left side.
Antonym: right
Towards the left side.
Antonym: right
Towards the political left.
Antonym: right
Noun
left (plural lefts)
The left side or direction.
Synonyms: 9 o'clock, port
(politics) The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group.
The left hand or fist.
(boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist.
Etymology 2
Verb
left
simple past tense and past participle of leave (“depart, separate from; (cause or allow to) remain”).
Etymology 3
Verb
left
simple past tense and past participle of leave (“permit”).
simple past tense and past participle of leave (“have a remnant”).
Anagrams
• FELT, Felt, TEFL, felt, flet
Source: Wiktionary
Left, imp. & p. p.
Definition: of Leave.
Left, a. Etym: [OE. left, lift, luft; akin to Fries. leeft, OD.lucht, luft; cf. AS.left (equiv. to L. inanis), lyftadl palsy; or cf. AS.l weak.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other side; -- opposed to right, when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the left ear. Also said of the corresponding side of the lower animals. Left bank of a river, that which is on the left hand of a person whose face is turned downstream.
– Left bower. See under 2d Bower.
– Left center, the members whose sympathies are, in the main, with the members of the Left, but who do not favor extreme courses, and on occasions vote with the government. They sit between the Center and the extreme Left.
– Over the left shoulder, or Over the left, an old but still current colloquialism, or slang expression, used as an aside to indicate insincerity, negation, or disbelief; as, he said it, and it is true, -- over the left.
Left, n.
1. that part of surrounding space toward which the left side of one's body is turned; as, the house is on the left when you face North. Put that rose a little more to the left. Ld. Lytton.
2. those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who are in the opposition; the advanced republicans and extreme radicals. They have their seats at the left-hand side of the presiding officer. See Center, and Right.
LEAVE
Leave, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaving]
Definition: To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out. G. Fletcher.
Leave, v. t. Etym: [See Levy.]
Definition: To raise; to levy. [Obs.] An army strong she leaved. Spenser.
Leave, n. Etym: [OE. leve, leave, AS. leáf; akin to leóf pleasing, dear, E. lief, D. oorlof leave, G. arlaub, and erlauben to permit, Icel. leyfi. 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.
Leave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Left; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaving.] Etym: [OE. leven, AS. l, fr. laf remnant, heritage; akin to lifian, libban, to live, orig., to remain; cf. belifan to remain, G. bleiben, Goth. bileiban. 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. - To quit; depart from; forsake; abandon; relinquish; deliver; bequeath; give up; forego; resign; surrender; forbear. See Quit.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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