to send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.-to raise; to levy.-liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.-the act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; -- used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to go.-to withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house.-to let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.-to cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.-to desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish.-to let be or do without interference; as, i left him to his reflections; i leave my hearers to judge.-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.-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.-to depart; to set out.-to cease; to desist; to leave off.