\Bathe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bathed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bathing}.] [OE. ba?ien, AS. ba?ian, fr. b[ae]? bath. See 1st
{Bath}, and cf. {Bay} to bathe.]
1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
         Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus.
                                               --South.
2. To lave; to wet. ``The lake which bathed the foot of the
   Alban mountain.'' --T. Arnold.
3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
         And let us bathe our hands in C[ae]sar's blood.
                                               --Shak.
4. To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe
   the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's
   forehead with camphor.
5. To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person
   immersed. ``The rosy shadows bathe me. '' --Tennyson.
   ``The bright sunshine bathing all the world.''
   --Longfellow.

\Bathe\, v. i.
1. To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. ``They bathe
   in summer.'' --Waller.
2. To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath. ``To bathe
   in fiery floods.'' --Shak. ``Bathe in the dimples of her
   cheek.'' --Lloyd.
3. To bask in the sun. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

\Bathe\, n.
The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual
bathe. --Edin. Rev.