An army strong she leaved. Spenser.

David earnestly asked leave of me. 1 Sam. xx. 6.

No friend has leave to bear away the dead. Dryden.

A double blessing is a'double grace;
Occasion smiles upon a second leave. Shak.

And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren. Acts xviii. 18.

French leave. See under French.

Syn. -- See Liberty.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. Gen. ii. 24.

If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes ? Jer. xlix. 9.

These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Matt. xxiii. 23.

Besides it leaveth a suspicion, as if more might be said than is expressed. Bacon.

Now leave complaining and begin your tea. Pope.

Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. Mark x. 28.

The heresies that men do leave. Shak.

I will leave you now to your gossiplike humor. Shak.

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.

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 (one).

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

By the time I left for Scotland. Carlyle.

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

Leave off, and for another summons wait. Roscommon.