leave

1. v. i. To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out. Source: opted

2. v. t. To raise; to levy. Source: opted

3. n. Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license. Source: opted

4. n. 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. Source: opted

5. v. To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house. Source: opted

6. v. To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed. Source: opted

7. v. To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from. Source: opted

8. v. To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish. Source: opted

9. v. To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge. Source: opted

10. 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. Source: opted

11. 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. Source: opted

12. v. i. To depart; to set out. Source: opted

13. v. i. To cease; to desist; to leave off. Source: opted

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