Bathe (bāt͡h), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bathed (bāt͡hd); p. pr. & vb. n.Bathing.] [OE. baðien, AS. baðian, fr. bæð 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 Cæsar'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.