Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BATHE, v.t. [Sax. bathian, to wash. See Bath. Qu. W. bozi, to immerse.]

1. To wash the body, or some part of it, by immersion, as in a bath: it often differs from ordinary washing in a longer application of water, to the body or to a particular part, as for the purpose of cleansing or stimulating the skin.
2. To wash or moisten, for the purpose of making soft and supple, or for cleansing, as a wound.
3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid; as, to bathe in tears or blood.