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Definition lave

Etymology 1

From Middle English laven (“to wash; pour out; stream”), from Old English lafian, ?elafian (“to pour water on; refresh; wash”), from Proto-Germanic *lab?n? (“to refresh; revive; strengthen”), from Proto-Indo-European *l?b?- (“to strengthen oneself; rest”). Cognate with Old Saxon lav?n ("to refresh; revive", > German Low German laven), Dutch laven (“to quench one's thirst”), Old High German lab?n, labian ("to wash; refresh"; > Modern German laben), Ancient Greek ???????? (lapázein), ????????? (alapázein, “to empty out; cleanse; rest; refresh”). The sense of "wash" in West Germanic was reinforced due to false association with unrelated Latin lavare (“to wash”).

Verb

lave (third-person singular simple present laves, present participle laving, simple past and past participle laved)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.
2. (transitive) To draw, as water; drink in.
3. (transitive) To give bountifully; lavish.
4. (intransitive) To run down or gutter, as a candle.
5. (intransitive, dialectal) To hang or flap down.
6. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To wash.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lave, laif, lafe (“remainder, rest, that which is left”), from Old English l?f (“lave, remainder, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *laib? (“remainder”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”). Cognate with Old High German leiba (“lave”), Old Norse leif (“lave”), Old English bel?fan (“to remain”). More at belive.

Noun

lave (uncountable)

1. (archaic or dialectal) The remainder, rest; that which is left, remnant; others.
2. (dialectal) A crowd

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