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verb

Bathe v. t. (past & past part. bathed; pres. part. bathing)

1.

To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath. "Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus."

2.

To lave; to wet. "The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain."

3.

To moisten or suffuse with a liquid. "And let us bathe our hands in Caesar's blood."

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. " "The bright sunshine bathing all the world."

Bathe v. i.

1.

To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. "They bathe in summer."

2.

To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath. "To bathe in fiery floods." "Bathe in the dimples of her cheek."

3.

To bask in the sun. (Obs.)

noun

Bathe n. The immersion of the body in water; as, to take one's usual bathe.

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"Bathe" Quotes from Famous Books

... some of the village folk came out to spend the day at Maplebank, and the weather being decidedly warm, Uncle Alec proposed that the men of the party should go with him for a bathe. They gladly assented, and Bert having begged to accompany them was given leave to do so. Uncle Alec took them to a lovely spot for a bath—a tempting nook in which one might almost have expected to surprise a water nymph ...

— Bert Lloyd's Boyhood - A Story from Nova Scotia • J. McDonald Oxley

... lived here; she was so very ill! Many's the time our padre had to go and take the Most Holy to her, when they thought she could not live the night. But with the Blessed Virgin's help she got strong and well, and was able to bathe every day in the sea. When she went away, she left a fine heap of ducats behind her for our church, and for the poor; and she would not go, they say, until our padre promised to go and see her over there, that she might confess to him ...

— Stories by Foreign Authors: German • Various

... the first man; so Du Pratz corrected his imperfect notions by reference to Scripture. (M. Le Page Du Pratz, "The History of Louisiana" (London, 1774), page 330.) The Michoacans of Mexico said that the great god Tucapacha first made man and woman out of clay, but that when the couple went to bathe in a river they absorbed so much water that the clay of which they were composed all fell to pieces. Then the creator went to work again and moulded them afresh out of ashes, and after that he essayed a third time and made them of metal. This last attempt succeeded. The metal man ...

— Darwin and Modern Science • A.C. Seward and Others

... headache, I know," said Marjorie, "and see how the sun does stream in at this window. May I pull down the blinds? And will you lie on the sofa? Do, and I will bathe your head with eau de Cologne. I wish you would ...

— The Children of Wilton Chase • Mrs. L. T. Meade

... perfect day." Said one, "Why, to fly to an island Far away in a deep blue lagoon; One would never be tired in my land Nor ever get up too soon." "Every time," cried the girl darning stockings, "We'd surf-ride and bathe in the sea, We'd wear nothing but little blue smockings And eat mangoes and crabs for our tea." "Oh no!" said a third, "that's a rotten Idea of a perfect day; I long to see mountains forgotten, Once more hear the bells of a sleigh. I'd give ...

— Fanny Goes to War • Pat Beauchamp

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