Definitions of leave

The word "leave" uses 5 letters: aeelv.

v. i. - To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out. ²

v. t. - To raise; to levy. ²

n. - Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license. ²

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. ²

v. - To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house. ²

v. - To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed. ²

v. - To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from. ²

v. - To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish. ²

v. - To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge. ²

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. ²

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. ²

v. i. - To depart; to set out. ²

v. i. - To cease; to desist; to leave off. ²