[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

leave \leave\, v. t. see levy.
   to raise; to levy. obs.
   1913 webster

         an army strong she leaved.               --spenser.
   1913 webster
see also:
levy 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

leave \leave\, n. oe. leve, leave, as. le'af; akin to le'of
   pleasing, dear, e. lief, d. oorlof leave, g. arlaub, and
   erlauben to permit, icel. leyfi. root124. see lief.
   1. liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is
      removed; permission; allowance; license.
      1913 webster

            david earnestly asked leave of me.    --1 sam. xx.
                                                  6.
      1913 webster

            no friend has leave to bear away the dead. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

            a double blessing is a'double grace;
            occasion smiles upon a second leave.  --shak.
      1913 webster

            and paul after this tarried there yet a good while,
            and then took his leave of the brethren. --acts
                                                  xviii. 18.
      1913 webster

   french leave. see under french.

   syn: see liberty.
        1913 webster
see also:
lief french leave french liberty 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

leave \leave\, v. i. imp.  p. p. leaved; p. pr.  vb. n.
   leaving
   to send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out. --g.
   fletcher.
   1913 webster
see also:
leaved leaving 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

leave \leave\, v. t. imp.  p. p. left le^ft; p. pr. 
   vb. n. leaving. oe. leven, as. l?fan, fr. l=af remnant,
   heritage; akin to lifian, libban, to live, orig., to remain;
   cf. belimacfan to remain, g. bleiben, goth. bileiban.
   root119. see live, v.
   1. to withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart
      from; as, to leave the house.
      1913 webster

            therefore shall a man leave his father and his
            mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. --gen. ii.
                                                  24.
      1913 webster

   2. to let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or
      continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.
      1913 webster

            if grape gatherers come to thee, would they not
            leave some gleaning grapes ?          --jer. xlix.
                                                  9.
      1913 webster

            these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the
            other undone.                         --matt. xxiii.
                                                  23.
      1913 webster

            besides it leaveth a suspicion, as if more might be
            said than is expressed.               --bacon.
      1913 webster

   3. to cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.
      1913 webster

            now leave complaining and begin your tea. --pope.
      1913 webster

   4. to desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to
      relinquish.
      1913 webster

            lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. --mark
                                                  x. 28.
      1913 webster

            the heresies that men do leave.       --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. to let be or do without interference; as, i left him to
      his reflections; i leave my hearers to judge.
      1913 webster

            i will leave you now to your gossiplike humor.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy
            way.                                  --matt. v. 24.
      1913 webster

            the foot
            that leaves the print of blood where'er it walks.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      wordnet 1.5

   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.
        1913 webster
see also:
left leaving live to leave alone to leave off to leave out 
to leave to one's self quit 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

leave \leave\, v. i.
   1. to depart; to set out. colloq.
      1913 webster

            by the time i left for scotland.      --carlyle.
      1913 webster

   2. to cease; to desist; to leave off. "he . . . began at the
      eldest, and left at the youngest." --gen. xliv. 12.
      1913 webster

   to leave off, to cease; to desist; to stop.
      1913 webster

            leave off, and for another summons wait.
                                                  --roscommon.
      1913 webster
see also:
to leave off 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

leave
     n 1: the period of time during which you are absent from work or
          duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother" syn: leave
          of absence
     2: permission to do something; "she was granted leave to speak"
     3: the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells";
        "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" syn:
        farewell, leave-taking, parting
     v 1: go away from a place; "at what time does your train leave?";
          "she didn't leave until midnight"; "the ship leaves at
          midnight" syn: go forth, go away ant: arrive
     2: go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or
        forgetfulness; "she left a mess when she moved out"; "his
        good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after
        20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been
        left behind"
     3: act or be so as to become in a specified state; "the
        inflation left them penniless"; "the president's remarks
        left us speechless"
     4: leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking;
        "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the
        flowers that you see in the park behind" syn: leave
        alone, leave behind
     5: move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive
        has left the country" syn: exit, go out, get out
        ant: enter
     6: make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be
        attainable or cause to remain; "this leaves no room for
        improvement"; "the evidence allows only one conclusion";
        "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip";
        "this procedure provides for lots of leeway" syn: allow
        for, allow, provide
     7: result in; "the water left a mark on the silk dress"; "her
        blood left a stain on the napkin" syn: result, lead
     8: remove oneself from an association with or participation in;
        "she wants to leave"; "the teenager left home"; "she left
        her position with the red cross"; "he left the senate
        after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company,
        she pulled up stakes" syn: depart, pull up stakes
     9: put into the care or protection of someone; "he left the
        decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's
        care" syn: entrust
     10: leave or give by will after one's death; "my aunt bequeathed
         me all her jewelry"; "my grandfather left me his entire
         estate" syn: bequeath, will ant: disinherit
     11: have left or have as a remainder; "that left the four of
         us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11"
     12: be survived by after one's death; "he left six children";
         "at her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"
         syn: leave behind
     13: tell or deposit information knowledge; "give a secret to
         the russians"; "leave your name and address here" syn: impart,
          give, pass on
     14: leave behind unintentionally; "i forgot my umbrella in the
         restaurant"; "i left my keys inside the car and locked
         the doors" syn: forget
     also: left
see also:
leave of absence farewell leave-taking parting go forth go away 
arrive leave alone leave behind exit go out 
get out enter allow for allow provide 
result lead depart pull up stakes entrust 
bequeath will disinherit impart give 
pass on forget left 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

320 moby thesaurus words for "leave":
   awol, french leave, godspeed, ok, abandon, abdicate, abrupt,
   abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation,
   absenteeism, absenting, abstain from, accord, add a codicil, adieu,
   admission, admit, alienate, allow, allowance, aloha, assign,
   authorization, back out, bar, be getting along, be gone, be off,
   be pensioned, be superannuated, beat it, beg off, bequeath,
   bereave, bud, burgeon, burst forth, buzz off, cast off, cast out,
   cease, cede, charter, check out, come away, commit, conge, consent,
   consign, count out, cry off, cut, cut adrift, cut off, cut out,
   day off, decamp, default, delete, demise, demit, depart,
   depart from, departure, desert, desist, deviate from, devise,
   disappear, disappearance, disarticulate, discard, disconnect,
   discontinue, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dispensation, dispense,
   disregard, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, doch-an-dorrach,
   drop out, eject, eliminate, entail, entrust, escape, estrange,
   evacuate, except, exclude, excused absence, execute a will, exit,
   expel, farewell, fleeing, flit, flourish, fly, forbear, forget,
   forsake, freedom, furlough, gang along, gemmate, germinate,
   get along, get away, get off, get on, get under way, give,
   give leave, give over, give permission, give the go-ahead,
   give the word, give up, go, go along, go away, go back on, go off,
   go on, goldbrick, good-bye, goof off, grant, grow, grow rank,
   hand down, hand on, holiday, hooky, ignore, isolate, jettison,
   jilt, jump, leaf, leaf out, leave behind, leave flat,
   leave loose ends, leave of absence, leave off, leave out,
   leave over, leave undone, leave-taking, leaving, let, let alone,
   let be, let dangle, let go, liberty, license, lose, luxuriate,
   make, make a bequest, make a will, make an exit, make possible,
   malinger, march off, maroon, mislay, miss, mosey, move away,
   move off, move out, neglect, nonappearance, nonattendance, okay,
   omit, orphan, overgrow, overrun, paid holiday, paid vacation, part,
   parting, parting words, pass on, pass over, pass up, patent,
   pension off, permission, permission to enter, permit, pretermit,
   procrastinate, pull away, pull back, pull out, pull up stakes,
   pullulate, push off, put forth, put forth leaves, put out buds,
   quit, quit cold, recess, refrain from, reject, release, relinquish,
   render, renege, renounce, renounce the throne, resign, retire,
   retire from office, retreat, riot, root, run, run off,
   running away, sabbatical, sabbatical leave, sabbatical year,
   sanction, sashay, sashay off, say goodbye to, say the word, scram,
   segregate, send-off, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside,
   set off, shirk, shoot, shoot up, shore leave, shove off, shut off,
   sick leave, skedaddle, skip, slack, special permission, split,
   sprout, sprout up, stagger along, stand aloof, stand apart,
   stand aside, stand down, step aside, stirrup cup, stop,
   strike root, subtract, superannuate, take flight, take leave of,
   take off, take root, take wing, throw off, throw out, throw over,
   ticket, ticket of admission, time off, toddle along, transfer,
   transmit, trifle, truancy, truantism, uncouple, unexcused absence,
   unyoke, up and go, up-anchor, upspear, upsprout, vacate, vacation,
   valediction, valedictorian, valedictory, valedictory address,
   vamoose, vegetate, viaticum, vouchsafe, vouchsafement, waiver,
   weekend, widow, will, will and bequeath, will to, wing it,
   withdraw, withdraw from, yield

Leave >> L Words
Leave, definition of term: Leave
leave_pag1.html

Leave Off >> L Words
Leave Off, definition of term: Leave Off
leave+off_pag1.html

Leave Out >> L Words
Leave Out, definition of term: Leave Out
leave+out_pag1.html

Take Leave >> T Words
Take Leave, definition of term: Take Leave
take+leave_pag1.html

Shore Leave >> S Words
Shore Leave, definition of term: Shore Leave
shore+leave_pag1.html

On Leave >> O Words
On Leave, definition of term: On Leave
on+leave_pag1.html

French Leave >> F Words
French Leave, definition of term: French Leave
french+leave_pag1.html

Leave Of Absenc >> L Words
Leave Of Absenc, definition of term: Leave Of Absenc
leave+of+absenc_pag1.html

Ticket Of Leave >> T Words
Ticket Of Leave, definition of term: Ticket Of Leave
ticket+of+leave_pag1.html