King James Bible Dictionary

BATHE, verb transitive

1. To wash the body, or some part of it, by immersion, as in a bath; it often differs from ordinary washing in a longer application of water, to the body or to a particular part, as for the purpose of cleansing or stimulating the skin.

2. To wash or moisten, for the purpose of making soft and supple, or for cleansing, as a wound.

3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid; as, to bathe in tears or blood.

BATHE, verb intransitive To be or lie in a bath; to be in water, or in other liquid, or to be immersed in a fluid, as in a bath; as, to bathe in fiery floods.

BA'THED, participle passive Washed as in a bath; moistened with a liquid; bedewed.

BA'THER, noun One who bathes; one who immerses himself in water, or who applies a liquid to himself or to another.