Bathe

bā th , v.t. to wash as in a bath: to wash or moisten with any liquid: to moisten, suffuse, encompa .— v.i. to take a bath.— n. the act of taking a bath.— ns. Bath′ing-box , a box for bathers to undre and dre in; Bath′ing-machine′ , a small carriage in which a bather may be carried out into water conveniently deep for bathing. [A.S. bathian ; Old High Ger. badôn , bathôn (Ger. baden ).]