bathev. t.[OE. baien, AS. baian, fr. b 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.(T. Arnold.)3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.()And let us bathe our hands in Csar'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.()v. i.1. To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.(Waller.)2. To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath.()3. To bask in the sun.(Chaucer.)n. The immersion of the body in water; as, to take one's usual bathe.(Edin. Rev.)