bathe
1. bathe \'ba-th\ \'ba--th*r\ \-thin\ vb [ME bathen, fr. OE bathian; akin to OE bth bath] 1: to wash in water or another liquid 2: MOISTEN, WET 3: to apply water or a liquid medicament to 4: to flow along the edge of : LAVE 5: to suffuse with or as if with light 1: to take a bath 2: to go swimming 3: to become immersed or absorbed - bath.er n 2. bathe n Brit 1: BATH Brit 2: SWIM, DIP