Verb

To have a consequence or remnant.

#To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.

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#To cause, to result in.

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#*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

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#(lb) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.

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#*Bible, (w) v. 24

#*:Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:The foot / That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks.

(lb) To depart; to separate from.

#To let be or do without interference.

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#(lb) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.}}

#(lb) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).

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#(lb) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.

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(lb) To transfer something.

#(lb) To transfer possession of after death.

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#(lb) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.

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#(lb) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.

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To remain (behind); to stay.

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*:And whanne sire launcelot sawe them fare soo / he gat a spere in his hand / and there encountred with hym al attones syr bors sir Ector and sire Lyonel / and alle they thre smote hym atte ones with their speres // and by mysfortune sir bors smote syre launcelot thurgh the shelde in to the syde / and the spere brake / and the hede lefte stylle in his syde

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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).

*1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) V:

*:When he had leeft speakynge, he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nette to make a draught.

*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

*:Now leave complaining and begin your tea.

Verb

To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.

Verb

(rare) To produce leaves or foliage.Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed.

* 1868 , , The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám , 2nd edition:

Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say:

Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday?

Verb

(obsolete) To raise; to levy.

* Spenser

An army strong she leaved .

Verb

(label) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

The watchful traveller / Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes.

* 1849 , (Henry David Thoreau), (A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers)

Our uninquiring corpses lie more low / Than our life's curiosity doth go.

* {{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)

, chapter=5, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.}}

(label) To be placed or situated.

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Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}

To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.

To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; used with in .

* (Arthur Collier) (1680-1732)

Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances.

* (John Locke) (1632-1705)

He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labour, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen.

(label) To lodge; to sleep.

* (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)

While I was now trifling at home, I saw London, where I lay one night only.

* (Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)

Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night.

To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

The wind is loud and will not lie .

(label) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

* Ch. J. Parsons

An appeal lies in this case.

Verb

To give false information intentionally.

When Pinocchio lies , his nose grows.

If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.

While a principle-based approach might claim that lying''' is always morally wrong, the casuist would argue that, depending upon the details of the case, '''lying''' might or might not be illegal or unethical. The casuist might conclude that a person is wrong to '''lie''' in legal testimony under oath, but might argue that '''lying actually is the best moral choice if the lie saves a life. ^(w)

To convey a false image or impression.

Photos often lie .

Hips don't lie .