v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bathed 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To lave; to wet. “The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain.” T. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]
And let us bathe our hands in Cæsar's blood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]