Chapter Latitudinarian to Lee of L by Soule's Synonymes

Leave, v. a.

1. Quit, vacate, abandon, withdraw from, depart from, go away from, retire from, get away from.

2. Abandon, forsake, desert, relinquish, renounce, put aside, lay aside, give up, give over.

3. Let alone, let be, suffer to remain undisturbed, forbear to meddle with.

4. Commit, consign, refer.

5. Stop, forbear, cease from, desist from, refrain from, leave off, break off, make an end of.

6. Permit, allow, let, give leave, give permission.

7. Bequeath, demise, devise, will, give by will.

8. Leave behind one, leave at one’s death, leave remaining after death.

Leave, v. n. Desist, stop, cease, forbear, leave off.

Leaven, n.

1. Yeast, ferment, barm, fermenting substance.

2. Pervading influence.

Leaven, v. a.

1. Produce or excite fermentation in, ferment, raise, lighten.

2. Imbue, pervade, permeate, tinge, color, inspire, elevate, lift.

3. Imbue, infect, vitiate, taint.

Leave off. (Active.) Forbear, desist from, break off.

Leave off. (Neuter.) Desist, stop, leave.

Leave out. Omit.

Leaves, n. pl. Foliage.

Leavings, n. pl. Remains, remnants, relics, fragments, scraps, pieces, refuse, odds and ends.