By the time I left for Scotland.
Carlyle.
2. To cease; to desist; to leave off. "He . . . began at the eldest,
and left at the youngest." Gen. xliv. 12.
To leave off, to cease; to desist; to stop.
Leave off, and for another summons wait.
Roscommon.
Leaved (?), a. [From Leaf.] Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves;
having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a
two-leaved gate; long-leaved.
Leave"less (?), a. Leafless. [Obs.] Carew.
Leav"en (?), n. [OE. levain, levein, F. levain, L. levamen alleviation,
mitigation; but taken in the sense of, a raising, that which raises,
fr. levare to raise. See Lever, n.] 1. Any substance that produces, or
is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a
portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of
dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light;
yeast; barm.
2. Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a
corrupting) change in the mass.
Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Luke xii. 1.
Leav"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leavened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Leavening
(?).] 1. To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.