LEAVE

vi to depart; to set out.

2. leave ·v to cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.

3. leave ·vt to raise; to levy.

4. leave ·vi to send out leaves; to leaf;

— often with out.

5. leave ·vi to cease; to desist; to leave off.

6. leave ·v to withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house.

7. leave ·noun liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.

8. leave ·v to let be or do without interference; as, i left him to his reflections; i leave my hearers to judge.

9. leave ·v to let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.

10. leave ·v to have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece.

11. leave ·v to desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish.

12. leave ·noun the act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu;

— used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, ·i.e., literally, to take permission to go.

13. leave ·v to put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit — with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators.