Leave

·vi To Depart; to set out.

II. Leave ·v To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.

III. Leave ·vt To Raise; to Levy.

IV. Leave ·vi To send out leaves; to Leaf;

— often with out.

V. Leave ·vi To Cease; to Desist; to leave off.

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

VII. Leave ·noun Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.

VIII. Leave ·v To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge.

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

X. 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.

XI. Leave ·v To Desert; to Abandon; to Forsake; hence, to give up; to Relinquish.

XII. 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.

XIII. 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.