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n. 1. Permission to do something. See Synonyms at permission. 2. An act of departing; a farewell: took leave of her with a heavy heart. 3. See leave of absence. [Middle English leve, from Old English lēafe, dative and accusative of lēaf; see leubh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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intr.v. leaved, leav·ing, leaves To put forth foliage; leaf. |
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