Chapter Lean-witted to Leave of L by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

4. To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish.

Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

Mark x. 28.

The heresies that men do leave.

Shak.

5. To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge.

I will leave you now to your gossiplike humor.

Shak.

6. To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit — with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators.

Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way.

Matt. v. 24.

The foot
That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks.

Shak.

7. To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece.

To leave alone. (a) To leave in solitude. (b) To desist or refrain from having to do with; as, to leave dangerous chemicals alone. — To leave off. (a) To desist from; to forbear; to stop; as, to leave off work at six o'clock. (b) To cease wearing or using; to omit to put in the usual position; as, to leave off a garment; to leave off the tablecloth. (c) To forsake; as, to leave off a bad habit. — To leave out, to omit; as, to leave out a word or name in writing. — To leave to one's self, to let (one) be alone; to cease caring for

Syn>- To quit; depart from; forsake; abandon; relinquish; deliver; bequeath; give up; forego; resign; surrender; forbear. See Quit.

Leave
(Leave) v. i.

1. To depart; to set out. [Colloq.]

By the time I left for Scotland.

Carlyle.

2. To cease; to desist; to leave off. "He . . . began at the eldest, and left at the youngest." Gen. xliv. 12.

To leave off, to cease; to desist; to stop.

Leave off, and for another summons wait.

Roscommon.