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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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Bathing \Bath"ing\, n.
Act of taking a bath or baths.
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{Bathing machine}, a small room on wheels, to be driven into
the water, for the convenience of bathers, who undress and
dress therein.
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