'To leave off' definitions:
Definition of 'To leave off'
From: GCIDE
- Leave \Leave\, v. i.
- 1. To depart; to set out. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- By the time I left for Scotland. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cease; to desist; to leave off. "He . . . began at the eldest, and left at the youngest." --Gen. xliv. 12. [1913 Webster]
- To leave off, to cease; to desist; to stop. [1913 Webster]
- Leave off, and for another summons wait. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'To leave off'
From: GCIDE
- Leave \Leave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Left (l[e^]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. Leaving.] [OE. leven, AS. l?fan, fr. l[=a]f remnant, heritage; akin to lifian, libban, to live, orig., to remain; cf. bel[imac]fan to remain, G. bleiben, Goth. bileiban. [root]119. See Live, v.]
- 1. To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house. [1913 Webster]
- Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. --Gen. ii. 24. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed. [1913 Webster]
- If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes ? --Jer. xlix. 9. [1913 Webster]
- These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. --Matt. xxiii. 23. [1913 Webster]
- Besides it leaveth a suspicion, as if more might be said than is expressed. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from. [1913 Webster]
- Now leave complaining and begin your tea. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish. [1913 Webster]
- Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. --Mark x. 28. [1913 Webster]
- The heresies that men do leave. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge. [1913 Webster]
- I will leave you now to your gossiplike humor. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way. --Matt. v. 24. [1913 Webster]
- The foot That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 8. to cause to be; -- followed by an adjective or adverb describing a state or condition; as, the losses due to fire leave me penniless; The cost of defending himself left Bill Clinton with a mountain of lawyers' bills. [WordNet 1.5]
- 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: Syn>- To quit; depart from; forsake; abandon; relinquish; deliver; bequeath; give up; forego; resign; surrender; forbear. See Quit. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To leave off'
- Leave,
- Leaved,
- Leaves,
- Leaving,
- Leavings,
- To leave out,
- leave off,
- leave out,
- leaving out,
- French leave,
- Leaves of proposition,
- Premorse leaves,
- Tern leaves,
- Ticket of leave,
- To leave alone,
- To leave one to himself,
- To take leave,
- Vertical leaves,
- Way leave,
- beg leave,
- compassionate leave,
- leave alone,
- leave behind,
- leave of absence,
- leave office,
- leave word,
- sabbatical leave,
- shore leave,
- sick leave,
- take leave,
- terminal leave,
- Broad-leaved,
- Five-leaved,
- Leave-taking,
- Three-leaved,
- To leave no stone unturned,
- To leave one in the lurch,
- To leave one out in the cold,
- To leave to one's self,
- Wing-leaved,
- absence without leave,
- arrow leaved aster,
- broad leaved centaury,
- broad leaved goldenrod,
- curly-leaved,
- fan-leaved,
- fine-leaved,
- grassy-leaved,
- large-leaved,
- leather-leaved,
- leave no stone unturned,
- pinnate-leaved,
- prickly-leaved,
- silky-leaved,
- silver-leaved,
- silvery-leaved,
- spiny-leaved,
- stuffed grape leaves,
- ticket-of-leave,
- two-leaved,
- Ash-leaved walnut,
- Holly-leaved oak,
- Three-leaved nightshade,
- alder-leaved serviceberry,
- almond-leaves willow,
- ash-leaved maple,
- bay-leaved caper,
- broad-leaved bottletree,
- broad-leaved dock,
- broad-leaved montia,
- broad-leaved plantain,
- broad-leaved twayblade,
- celery-leaved buttercup,
- cross-leaved heath,
- dense-leaved elodea,
- fine-leaved heath,
- great-leaved macrophylla,
- heart-leaved aster,
- holly-leaved cherry,
- holly-leaves barberry,
- ivy-leaved geranium,
- large-leaved aster,
- large-leaved magnolia,
- leave well enough alone,
- maple-leaved bayur,
- narrow-leaved bottletree,
- narrow-leaved plantain,
- narrow-leaved reedmace,
- narrow-leaved spleenwort,
- nettle-leaved bellflower,
- nettle-leaved goosefoot,
- oak-leaved goosefoot,
- parsley-leaved thorn,
- peach-leaved willow,
- plantain-leaved pussytoes,
- rough-leaved aster,
- rush-leaved daffodil,
- silver-leaved nettle,
- silver-leaved nightshade,
- silver-leaved poplar,
- small-leaved lime,
- small-leaved linden,
- smooth-leaved elm,
- tansy-leaved rocket,
- thin-leaved bilberry,
- thin-leaved stringybark,
- thyme-leaved sandwort,
- thyme-leaved speedwell,
- variously-leaved pondweed,
- wavy-leaved aster,
- white-leaved rockrose,
- broad-leaved everlasting pea,
- daisy-leaved grape fern,
- grass-leaved golden aster,
- large-leaved cucumber tree,
- narrow-leaved everlasting pea,
- narrow-leaved flame flower,
- narrow-leaved strap fern,
- narrow-leaved water plantain,
- nut-leaved screw tree,
- ribbon-leaved water plantain,
- round-leaved rein orchid,
- narrow-leaved white-topped aster,
- involute rolled esp of petals or leaves in bud having margins rolled inward