Bathed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bathe \Bathe\ (b[=a][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bathed}
     (b[=a][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bathing}.] [OE. ba[eth]ien,
     AS. ba[eth]ian, fr. b[ae][eth] bath. See 1st {Bath}, and cf.
     {Bay} to bathe.]
     1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
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              Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus.
                                                    --South.
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     2. To lave; to wet. "The lake which bathed the foot of the
        Alban mountain." --T. Arnold.
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     3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
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              And let us bathe our hands in C[ae]sar's blood.
                                                    --Shak.
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     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.
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     5. To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person
        immersed. "The rosy shadows bathe me. " --Tennyson. "The
        bright sunshine bathing all the world." --Longfellow.
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