From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Leave \Leave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Left} (l[e^]ft); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Leaving}.] [OE. leven, AS. l?fan, fr. l[=a]f remnant,
heritage; akin to lifian, libban, to live, orig., to remain;
cf. bel[imac]fan to remain, G. bleiben, Goth. bileiban.
[root]119. See {Live}, v.]
1. To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart
from; as, to leave the house.
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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. --Gen. ii.
24.
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2. To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or
continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.
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If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not
leave some gleaning grapes ? --Jer. xlix.
9.
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These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the
other undone. --Matt. xxiii.
23.
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Besides it leaveth a suspicion, as if more might be
said than is expressed. --Bacon.
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3. To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.
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Now leave complaining and begin your tea. --Pope.
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4. To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to
relinquish.
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Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. --Mark
x. 28.
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The heresies that men do leave. --Shak.
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5. To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to
his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge.
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I will leave you now to your gossiplike humor.
--Shak.
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6. 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.
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Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy
way. --Matt. v. 24.
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The foot
That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks.
--Shak.
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7. 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.
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8. to cause to be; -- followed by an adjective or adverb
describing a state or condition; as, the losses due to
fire leave me penniless; The cost of defending himself
left Bill Clinton with a mountain of lawyers' bills.
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{To leave alone}.
(a) To leave in solitude.
(b) To desist or refrain from having to do with; as, to
leave dangerous chemicals alone.
{To leave off}.
(a) To desist from; to forbear; to stop; as, to leave off
work at six o'clock.
(b) To cease wearing or using; to omit to put in the usual
position; as, to leave off a garment; to leave off the
tablecloth.
(c) To forsake; as, to leave off a bad habit.
{To leave out}, to omit; as, to leave out a word or name in
writing.
{To leave to one's self}, to let (one) be alone; to cease
caring for (one).
Syn: Syn>- To quit; depart from; forsake; abandon;
relinquish; deliver; bequeath; give up; forego; resign;
surrender; forbear. See {Quit}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Left \Left\ (l[e^]ft), imp. & p. p.
of {Leave}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Left \Left\, a. [OE. left, lift, luft; akin to Fries. leeft, OD.
lucht, luft; cf. AS. left (equiv. to L. inanis), lyft[=a]dl
palsy; or cf. AS. l[=e]f weak.]
1. Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which
the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on
the other side; -- opposed to {right}, when used in
reference to a part of the body; as, the left hand, or
arm; the left ear. Also said of the corresponding side of
the lower animals.
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2. Situated so that the left side of the body is toward it;
as, the left side of a deliberative meeting is that to the
left of the presiding officer; the left wing of an army is
that to the left of the center to one facing an enemy.
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{Left bank of a river}, that which is on the left hand of a
person whose face is turned downstream.
{Left bower}. See under 2d {Bower}.
{Left center}, the members whose sympathies are, in the main,
with the members of the Left, but who do not favor extreme
courses, and on occasions vote with the government. They
sit between the Center and the extreme Left.
{Over the left shoulder}, or {Over the left}, an old but
still current colloquialism, or slang expression, used as
an aside to indicate insincerity, negation, or disbelief;
as, he said it, and it is true, -- over the left.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Left \Left\, n.
1. That part of surrounding space toward which the left side
of one's body is turned; as, the house is on the left when
you face North.
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Put that rose a little more to the left. --Ld.
Lytton.
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2. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who
are in the opposition; the advanced republicans and
extreme radicals. They have their seats at the left-hand
side of the presiding officer. See {Center}, and {Right}.
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