Present participle for to wash or clean something
“Micawber was obliged, in great trepidation, to run down to the water-butt in the backyard, and draw a basinful to lave her brow with.”
Present participle for to wash or bathe oneself or someone else
“And straightway, the housekeeper bid him to lave himself, having gone into the bath, and he gladly in his mind beheld the warm bath.”
Present participle for to flow against or along
“Thy calm and murmuring waters gently lave.”
Present participle for to make wet by splashing
An act or process of immersing and washing one's body in the water
A rite of purification by cleansing
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