[1] : 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.
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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.
      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.
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see also:
left leaving live to leave alone to leave off to leave out 
to leave to one's self quit 

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