BATHE

I. verb (~d; bathing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bathian; akin to Old English bæth bath Date: before 12th century transitive verb moisten , wet , to wash in a liquid (as water), to apply water or a liquid medicament to, to flow along the edge of ; lave , to suffuse with or as if with light, intransitive verb to take a bath, to go swimming, to become immersed or absorbed, ~r noun II. noun Date: 1831 bath I,1, swim , dip