Emily Dickinson Lexicon

leave (-s, leaving, left), v. [OE læfan.]

1. Gone; departed; [possibly antithesis between “left” and “gone”] remaining.
2. Deposit; put in place; give and not take back again.
3. Allow to remain; do not take; do not remove.
4. Withdraw; depart from.
5. Deposit; have remaining; at departure or removal, as a trace or consequence.
6. Allow to remain; permit without interposition.