Bathe (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bathed (); p. pr. & vb. n. Bathing.] [OE. baien, AS. baian, fr. bae bath. See 1st Bath, and cf. Bay to bathe.]
1.
To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus.
South.
2.
To lave; to wet.
"The lake which
bathed the foot of the Alban mountain."
T. Arnold.
3.
To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
And let us bathe our hands in Caesar'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.
"The rosy shadows
bathe me. "
Tennyson. "The bright sunshine
bathing all the world."
Longfellow.
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Bathe (?), v. i.
1.
To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.
"They
bathe in summer."
Waller.
2.
To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath.
"To
bathe in fiery floods."
Shak. "
Bathe in the dimples of her cheek."
Lloyd.
3.
To bask in the sun.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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Bathe, n.
The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe.
Edin. Rev.
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