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(b), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Bathed (bd); p. pr. & vb. n.Bathing.] [OE. baien, AS. baian, fr. b 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 Csar'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. 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. Bathe n.The immersion of the body in water; as, to take one's usual bathe. Edin. Rev. スポンサード リンク
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