Leave

7 definitions found

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

  Leave \Leave\, v. t. [See {Levy}.]
     To raise; to levy. [Obs.]
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           An army strong she leaved.               --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leave \Leave\, n. [OE. leve, leave, AS. le['a]f; akin to le['o]f
     pleasing, dear, E. lief, D. oorlof leave, G. arlaub, and
     erlauben to permit, Icel. leyfi. [root]124. See {Lief}.]
     1. Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is
        removed; permission; allowance; license.
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              David earnestly asked leave of me.    --1 Sam. xx.
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              No friend has leave to bear away the dead. --Dryden.
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     2. 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.
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              A double blessing is a'double grace;
              Occasion smiles upon a second leave.  --Shak.
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              And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while,
              and then took his leave of the brethren. --Acts
                                                    xviii. 18.
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     {French leave}. See under {French}.
  
     Syn: See {Liberty}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leave \Leave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Leaving}]
     To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out. --G.
     Fletcher.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leave \Leave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Left} (l[e^]ft); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Leaving}.] [OE. leven, AS. l?fan, fr. l[=a]f remnant,
     heritage; akin to lifian, libban, to live, orig., to remain;
     cf. bel[imac]fan to remain, G. bleiben, Goth. bileiban.
     [root]119. See {Live}, v.]
     1. To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart
        from; as, to leave the house.
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              Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
              mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. --Gen. ii.
                                                    24.
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     2. To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or
        continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.
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              If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not
              leave some gleaning grapes ?          --Jer. xlix.
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              These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the
              other undone.                         --Matt. xxiii.
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              Besides it leaveth a suspicion, as if more might be
              said than is expressed.               --Bacon.
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     3. To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.
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              Now leave complaining and begin your tea. --Pope.
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     4. To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to
        relinquish.
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              Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. --Mark
                                                    x. 28.
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              The heresies that men do leave.       --Shak.
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     5. To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to
        his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge.
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              I will leave you now to your gossiplike humor.
                                                    --Shak.
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     6. 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.
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              Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy
              way.                                  --Matt. v. 24.
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              The foot
              That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks.
                                                    --Shak.
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     7. 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.
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     8. to cause to be; -- followed by an adjective or adverb
        describing a state or condition; as, the losses due to
        fire leave me penniless; The cost of defending himself
        left Bill Clinton with a mountain of lawyers' bills.
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     {To leave alone}.
        (a) To leave in solitude.
        (b) To desist or refrain from having to do with; as, to
            leave dangerous chemicals alone.
  
     {To leave off}.
        (a) To desist from; to forbear; to stop; as, to leave off
            work at six o'clock.
        (b) To cease wearing or using; to omit to put in the usual
            position; as, to leave off a garment; to leave off the
            tablecloth.
        (c) To forsake; as, to leave off a bad habit.
  
     {To leave out}, to omit; as, to leave out a word or name in
        writing.
  
     {To leave to one's self}, to let (one) be alone; to cease
        caring for (one).
  
     Syn: Syn>- To quit; depart from; forsake; abandon;
          relinquish; deliver; bequeath; give up; forego; resign;
          surrender; forbear. See {Quit}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leave \Leave\, v. i.
     1. To depart; to set out. [Colloq.]
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              By the time I left for Scotland.      --Carlyle.
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     2. To cease; to desist; to leave off. "He . . . began at the
        eldest, and left at the youngest." --Gen. xliv. 12.
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     {To leave off}, to cease; to desist; to stop.
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              Leave off, and for another summons wait.
                                                    --Roscommon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  leave
       n 1: the period of time during which you are absent from work or
            duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother" [syn: {leave
            of absence}]
       2: permission to do something; "she was granted leave to speak"
       3: the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells";
          "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" [syn:
          {farewell}, {leave-taking}, {parting}]
       v 1: go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?";
            "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at
            midnight" [syn: {go forth}, {go away}] [ant: {arrive}]
       2: go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or
          forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His
          good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after
          20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been
          left behind"
       3: act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The
          inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks
          left us speechless"
       4: leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking;
          "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the
          flowers that you see in the park behind" [syn: {leave
          alone}, {leave behind}]
       5: move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive
          has left the country" [syn: {exit}, {go out}, {get out}]
          [ant: {enter}]
       6: make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be
          attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for
          improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion";
          "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip";
          "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" [syn: {allow
          for}, {allow}, {provide}]
       7: result in; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her
          blood left a stain on the napkin" [syn: {result}, {lead}]
       8: remove oneself from an association with or participation in;
          "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left
          her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate
          after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company,
          she pulled up stakes" [syn: {depart}, {pull up stakes}]
       9: put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the
          decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's
          care" [syn: {entrust}]
       10: leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed
           me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire
           estate" [syn: {bequeath}, {will}] [ant: {disinherit}]
       11: have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of
           us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11"
       12: be survived by after one's death; "He left six children";
           "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"
           [syn: {leave behind}]
       13: tell or deposit (information) knowledge; "give a secret to
           the Russians"; "leave your name and address here" [syn: {impart},
            {give}, {pass on}]
       14: leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the
           restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked
           the doors" [syn: {forget}]
       [also: {left}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  320 Moby Thesaurus words for "leave":
     AWOL, French leave, Godspeed, OK, abandon, abdicate, abrupt,
     abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation,
     absenteeism, absenting, abstain from, accord, add a codicil, adieu,
     admission, admit, alienate, allow, allowance, aloha, assign,
     authorization, back out, bar, be getting along, be gone, be off,
     be pensioned, be superannuated, beat it, beg off, bequeath,
     bereave, bud, burgeon, burst forth, buzz off, cast off, cast out,
     cease, cede, charter, check out, come away, commit, conge, consent,
     consign, count out, cry off, cut, cut adrift, cut off, cut out,
     day off, decamp, default, delete, demise, demit, depart,
     depart from, departure, desert, desist, deviate from, devise,
     disappear, disappearance, disarticulate, discard, disconnect,
     discontinue, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dispensation, dispense,
     disregard, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, doch-an-dorrach,
     drop out, eject, eliminate, entail, entrust, escape, estrange,
     evacuate, except, exclude, excused absence, execute a will, exit,
     expel, farewell, fleeing, flit, flourish, fly, forbear, forget,
     forsake, freedom, furlough, gang along, gemmate, germinate,
     get along, get away, get off, get on, get under way, give,
     give leave, give over, give permission, give the go-ahead,
     give the word, give up, go, go along, go away, go back on, go off,
     go on, goldbrick, good-bye, goof off, grant, grow, grow rank,
     hand down, hand on, holiday, hooky, ignore, isolate, jettison,
     jilt, jump, leaf, leaf out, leave behind, leave flat,
     leave loose ends, leave of absence, leave off, leave out,
     leave over, leave undone, leave-taking, leaving, let, let alone,
     let be, let dangle, let go, liberty, license, lose, luxuriate,
     make, make a bequest, make a will, make an exit, make possible,
     malinger, march off, maroon, mislay, miss, mosey, move away,
     move off, move out, neglect, nonappearance, nonattendance, okay,
     omit, orphan, overgrow, overrun, paid holiday, paid vacation, part,
     parting, parting words, pass on, pass over, pass up, patent,
     pension off, permission, permission to enter, permit, pretermit,
     procrastinate, pull away, pull back, pull out, pull up stakes,
     pullulate, push off, put forth, put forth leaves, put out buds,
     quit, quit cold, recess, refrain from, reject, release, relinquish,
     render, renege, renounce, renounce the throne, resign, retire,
     retire from office, retreat, riot, root, run, run off,
     running away, sabbatical, sabbatical leave, sabbatical year,
     sanction, sashay, sashay off, say goodbye to, say the word, scram,
     segregate, send-off, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside,
     set off, shirk, shoot, shoot up, shore leave, shove off, shut off,
     sick leave, skedaddle, skip, slack, special permission, split,
     sprout, sprout up, stagger along, stand aloof, stand apart,
     stand aside, stand down, step aside, stirrup cup, stop,
     strike root, subtract, superannuate, take flight, take leave of,
     take off, take root, take wing, throw off, throw out, throw over,
     ticket, ticket of admission, time off, toddle along, transfer,
     transmit, trifle, truancy, truantism, uncouple, unexcused absence,
     unyoke, up and go, up-anchor, upspear, upsprout, vacate, vacation,
     valediction, valedictorian, valedictory, valedictory address,
     vamoose, vegetate, viaticum, vouchsafe, vouchsafement, waiver,
     weekend, widow, will, will and bequeath, will to, wing it,
     withdraw, withdraw from, yield