leave (3)

i. [LEAF.] To send out or produce leaves or foliage. leaved, a. [Eng. leaf (pl. leaves ); -ed.] 1. Covered or furnished with leaves or foliage. 2. Made with leaves or folds. "I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates."- Isaian xlv. 1. *leave'-le (1), a. [Eng. leave , s.; -le .] With out leave or permi ion. Without leaves or foliage; leafle . *leave-le (2), a. [Eng. leaf (pl. leaves ); -le .] from Lat.'levamen = that which raises: levo = to leav-en, *lev-ain, *lev-ein, s. [Fr. leva in, raise.] 1. Lit .: A substance used or intended to produce fermentation, as in dough; specifically, a portion of sour dough, which, being mixed with a larger quantity of other dough, causes fermentation, and makes it lighter; yeast, barm. "For ye shall burn no leaven nor any honey in any offering of the Lord made by fire."- Levitic us ii. 11. 2. Fig .: Any mixture which causes or tends to ca cause a general change in the ma . It generally means something which depraves or corrupts that with which it is mixed. "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees." - Matthew xvi. 6. leav-en, v. t. [LEAVEN, 8.] 1. Lit .: To cause or produce fermentation in; to raise and make light, as dough. 2. Fig .: To taint, to corrupt, to deprave, to im bue. IMG:content-0454.png:[blocks in formation] 1. The act of forsaking, relinquishing, quitting, or giving up. 2. ( Pl. ): That which is left; residue, remnant. 3. ( Pl. ): Refuse, offal.