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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Leave \Leave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaved}; p. pr & vb n. {Leaving}] To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out --G. Fletcher. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Leave \Leave\, v. t. [See {Levy}.] To raise; to levy. [Obs.] An army strong she leaved. --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Leave \Leave\, n. [OE. leve, leave AS le['a]f; akin to le['o]f pleasing, dear, E. lief, D. oorlof leave G. arlaub and erlauben to permit, Icel. leyfi ? See {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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Leave \Leave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Left}; p. pr & vb n. {Leaving}.] [OE. leven, AS l?fan, fr l[=a]f remnant, heritage; akin to lifian, libban, to live, orig., to remain; cf bel[=i]fan to remain, G. bleiben Goth. bileiban ?. See {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: Syn>- To quit depart from forsake; abandon; relinquish; deliver; bequeath; give up forego; resign; surrender; forbear. See {Quit}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Leave \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: leave n 1: the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother" [syn: {leave of absence}] 2: permission to do something "she was granted leave to speak" 3: the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave" [syn: {farewell}, {leave-taking}, {parting}] v 1: go away from a place "At what time does your train leave?" "She didn't leave until midnight" [syn: {go forth}, {go away}] [ant: {arrive}] 2: leave behind; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him" 3: cause to be in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "He left money on the table for his wife to find" 4: leave unchanged or unaltered; "leave it as is" [ant: {change}, {change}] 5: move out of as of a room a country, a bus, etc [syn: {exit}, {go out}, {get out}] [ant: {enter}] 6: make a possibility or provide opportunity for "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion" [syn: {allow for}, {allow}, {provide for}] 7: result in "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" [syn: {result}, {lead}] 8: leave home, school, a position, etc [syn: {depart}] 9: let be leave alone or undisturbed; "leave the door open!" [syn: {let}] 10: put into the care or protection of someone "He left the decision to his deputy" [syn: {entrust}] 11: refrain from taking; "Please leave the hand-outs on the tables" [syn: {leave behind}] 12: leave or give by will "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry" [syn: {bequeath}, {will}] [ant: {disinherit}] 13: have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 - 8 leaves 11" 14: be survived by after one's death: "He left six children" [syn: {leave behind}] 15: tell give knowledge; "give a secret to the Russians" [syn: {impart}, {give}, {pass on}] 16: leave behind; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant" [syn: {forget}] 17: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" [syn: {drop out}, {give up}, {throw in}, {throw in the towel}, {quit}, {chuck up the sponge}] [ant: {enter}]
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