Part 6438

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.</def>

<blockquote>Now <b>leave</b> complaining and begin your tea. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish.</def>

<blockquote>Lo, we have <b>left</b> all, and have followed thee. <i>Mark x. 28.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The heresies that men do <b>leave</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To let be or do without interference; <as>as, I <ex>left</ex> him to his reflections; I <ex>leave</ex> my hearers to judge.</as></def>

<blockquote>I will <b>leave</b> you now to your gossiplike humor. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit -- with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; <as>as, <ex>leave</ex> your hat in the hall; we <ex>left</ex> our cards; to <ex>leave</ex> the matter to arbitrators.</as></def>

<blockquote><b>Leave</b> there thy gift before the altar and go thy way. <i>Matt. v. 24.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The foot That <b>leaves</b> the print of blood where'er it walks. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; <as>as, he <ex>left</ex> a large estate; he <ex>left</ex> a good name; he <ex>left</ex> a legacy to his niece.</as></def>

<cs><col>To leave alone</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To leave in solitude</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To desist or refrain from having to do with; <as>as, <ex>to leave<ex> dangerous chemicals <ex>alone<ex></as>.</cd> -- <col>To leave off</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To desist from; to forbear; to stop; <as>as, <ex>to leave off<ex> work at six o'clock</as></cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To cease wearing or using; to omit to put in the usual position; <as>as, <ex>to leave off<ex> a garment; <ex>to leave off<ex> the tablecloth</as></cd>. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To forsake; <as>as, <ex>to leave off<ex> a bad habit</as>.</cd> -- <col>To leave out</col>, <cd>to omit; <as>as, <ex>to leave out<ex> a word or name in writing</as>.</cd> -- <col>To leave to one's self</col>, <cd>to let (one) be alone; to cease caring for (one).</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn>- To quit; depart from; forsake; abandon; relinquish; deliver; bequeath; give up; forego; resign; surrender; forbear. See <er>Quit</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Leave</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To depart; to set out.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>By the time I <b>left</b> for Scotland. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cease; to desist; to leave off.</def> "He . . . began at the eldest, and <i>left</i> at the youngest."

<i>Gen. xliv. 12.</i>

<cs><col>To leave off</col>, <cd>to cease; to desist; to stop.</cd></cs>

<blockquote><b>Leave off</b>, and for another summons wait. <i>Roscommon.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Leaved</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Leaf</er>.]</ety> <def>Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; <as>as, a four<ex>-leaved</ex> clover; a two-<ex>leaved</ex> gate; long<ex>-leaved</ex>.</as></def>

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<hw>Leave"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Leafless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Carew.</i>

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<hw>Leav"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>levain</ets>, <ets>levein</ets>, F. <ets>levain</ets>, L. <ets>levamen</ets> alleviation, mitigation; but taken in the sense of, a raising, that which raises, fr. <ets>levare</ets> to raise. See <er>Lever</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.</def>