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lave (iou)



lave verb. Now chiefly poet.
[Old English lafian = Middle & mod. Dutch laven, Old High German labon, German laben refresh, from Latin lavare wash. Coalesced in Middle English with forms from Old & mod. French laver from Latin lavare.]
verb trans. Wash, orig. spec. by pouring water on; bathe. OE.
J. Updike Several Tuareg women..were laving Sheba's feet.
b. verb intrans. Bathe. E18.
verb trans. Pour (out), sprinkle, ladle. Foll. by into, on, upon. OE.
verb trans. Draw (water) out or up with a bucket, scoop, etc.; bale. (Foll. by out, up.) obsolete exc. dial. ME.
verb trans. Of a river or body of water: wash against, flow along or past. E17.
W. de la Mare When calm waters lave a rock-bound coast.

sequester(1) (iou)



sequester noun.M16.
[Old & mod. French sequestre from medieval Latin sequestrum sequestration, thing sequestrated, from sequester: see SEQUESTER verb.]
An office or court to which goods seized by an act of sequestration were taken. Only in M16.
Seclusion, isolation. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
Medicine. = SEQUESTRUM. rare. Only in M19.