Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lave \Lave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Laving}.] [F. laver, L. lavare, akin to luere to wash, Gr.
   ?. Cf. {Ablution}, {Deluge}, {Lavender}, {Lava}, {Lotion}.]
   To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise.

         His feet the foremost breakers lave.     --Byron.