| Leave |
v. i. |
To send out leaves; to leaf;
often with out. |
| Leave |
v. t. |
To raise; to levy. |
| Leave |
n. |
Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license. |
| Leave |
n. |
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. |
| Leave |
v. |
To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house. |
| Leave |
v. |
To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed. |
| Leave |
v. |
To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from. |
| Leave |
v. |
To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish. |
| Leave |
v. |
To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge. |
| Leave |
v. |
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 |
v. |
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. |
| Leave |
v. i. |
To depart; to set out. |
| Leave |
v. i. |
To cease; to desist; to leave off. |
