Permission; allowance; license; liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed. No friend has leave to bear away the dead. David earnestly asked leave of me. 7 Samuel 20:6, 28.

Farewell; adieu; ceremony of departure; a formal parting of friends; used chiefly in the phrase to take leave. Acis 18:78.

pret. and pp. left.

To withdraw or depart from; to quit for a longer or shorter time indefinitely, or for perpetuity. We left Cowes on our return to the United States, May 10, 1825. We leave home for a day or a year. The fever leaves the patient daily at a certain hour. The secretary has left the business of his office with his first clerk. A man shall leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife. Genesis 2:24.

To forsake; to desert; to abandon; to relinquish. We have left all and followed thee. Mark 10:28.

To suffer to remain; not to take or remove. Let no man leave of it till the morning. Exodus 16:19.

To have remaining at death; as, to leave a good name.

To commit or trust to, as a deposit; or to suffer to remain. I left the papers in the care of the consul.

To bequeath; to give by will. The deceased has left his lands to his sons, but he has left a legacy to his only daughter.

To permit without interposition. Of this, he leaves the reader to judge.

To cease to do; to desist from; to forbear. Let us return, lest my father leave caring for the asses and take thought for us. 7 Samuel 9:5.

To refer; to commit for decision. To be left to one’s self, to be deserted or forsaken; to be permitted to follow one’s own opinions or desires. To leave off, to desist from; to forbear; as, to leave off work at six o'clock.

To leave off, to cease wearing; as, to leave off a garment.

To forsake; as, to leave off an old acquaintance. To leave out, to omit; as, to leave out a word or name in writing.

To cease; to desist. He began at the eldest and left at the youngest. Genesis 44:12. To leave off, to cease; to desist; to stop. But when you find that vigorous heat abate, leave off, and for another summons wait.

To raise.