lave
[verb]
Synonyms: bathe, lap, lip, wash

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

lave (lāv)
v. laved, lav·ing, laves
v. tr.
► To wash; bathe.
► To lap or wash against.
► To refresh or soothe as if by washing: “The quiet and the cool laved her” (Edna Ferber).
v. intr. Archaic
To wash oneself.

[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲

lave
[Middle English laven, from Old English gelafian, and from Old French laver both from Latin lavāre. See leu(ə)- in Indo-European Roots.]

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