- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To lave; to wet.
- (v.i.) To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath.
- (v.t.) To surround or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed.
- (v.i.) To bask in the sun.
- (n.) The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe.
- (v.i.) To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.
- (v.t.) To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
- (v.t.) To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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