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   Lave

   /lāv/

   

   verb

   • 1. wash: literary "she ran cold water in the basin, laving her face and hands"
   • ▪ (of water) wash against or over (something): literary "the sea below laved the shore with small, agitated waves"

   Word Origin Old Englishlafian, from Latin lavare ‘to wash’; reinforced in Middle English by Old French laver.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lavation noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

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