Bathe (bā&thlig;), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Bathed (bā&thlig;d); p. pr. & vb.
n. Bathing.] [OE. baðien, AS.
baðian, fr. bæð bath. See 1st Bath, and
cf. Bay to bathe.] 1. To wash by immersion, as
in a bath; to subject to a bath.
Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus.
South.
2. To lave; to wet. "The lake which
bathed the foot of the Alban mountain." T. Arnold.
3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
And let us bathe our hands in Cæsar's
blood.
Shak.
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.
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.
Bathe (&?;), v. i. 1. To
bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. "They bathe in
summer." Waller.
2. To immerse or cover one's self, as in a
bath. "To bathe in fiery floods." Shak. "Bathe
in the dimples of her cheek." Lloyd.
3. To bask in the sun. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Bathe, n. The immersion of the body in
water; as, to take one's usual bathe. Edin. Rev.
