LAVE, verb transitive [Latin lavo; Gr.] To wash; to bathe; a word used chiefly in poetry or rhetoric. LAVE, verb intransitive 1. To bathe; to wash one's self. 2. To throw up or out; to lade out. [Not in use.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI