Bathe
Bathe (bāt) , transitive verb
[Old English baeien, Anglo-Saxon baeian, from bae bath. See 1st Bath, and compare 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.
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 Casar'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 ({not transcribed}) , intransitive verb
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. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Bathe , noun
The immersion of the body in water; as, to take one's usual bathe. — Edin. Rev