Bathe

Definition of Bathe

Pronunciation: bāth

v. t.	1.	To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath. [imp. & p. p. Bathed (bāthd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bathing.] Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus. - South.
	2.	To lave; to wet.
	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.
v. i.	1.	To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.
	2.	To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath.
	3.	To bask in the sun.
n.	1.	The immersion of the body in water; as, to take one's usual bathe.

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