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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bathe \Bathe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bathed} (?); p. pr & vb n. {Bathing}.] [OE. ba?ien, AS ba?ian, fr b[ae]? 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 C[ae]sar'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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