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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Lave \Lave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Laving}.] [F. laver, L. lavare, akin to luere to wash, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Ablution}, {Deluge}, {Lavender}, {Lava}, {Lotion}.] To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise. His feet the foremost breakers lave. --Byron. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Laving \Lav"ing\, a. [From {Live}, v. i.] 1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. 2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle. [bd] Living hope. [b8] --Wyclif. 3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to {stagnant}. 4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. [bd]Living light.[b8] --Shak. 5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live. Then on the living coals wine they pour. --Dryden. {Living force}. See {Vis viva}, under {Vis}. {Living gale} (Naut.), a heavy gale. {Living} {rock [or] stone}, rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. [bd] I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut out of the living rock.[b8] --Moore. {The living}, those who are alive, or one who is alive. | |
