to leave alone

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house. [1913 Webster]

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife.— Gen. ii. 24.[1913 Webster]

2.To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed. [1913 Webster]

If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes ?— Jer. xlix. 9.[1913 Webster]

These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.— Matt. xxiii. 23.[1913 Webster]

Besides it leaveth a suspicion, as if more might be said than is expressed.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

3.To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from. [1913 Webster]

Now leave complaining and begin your tea.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

4.To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish. [1913 Webster]

Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.— Mark x. 28.[1913 Webster]

The heresies that men do leave.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

5.To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge. [1913 Webster]

I will leave you now to your gossiplike humor.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

6.To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit -- with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators. [1913 Webster]

Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way.— Matt. v. 24.[1913 Webster]

The foot That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

7.To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece. [1913 Webster]

8.to cause to be; -- followed by an adjective or adverb describing a state or condition; as, the losses due to fire leave me penniless; The cost of defending himself left Bill Clinton with a mountain of lawyers' bills. [WordNet 1.5]

To leave alone. (a) To leave in solitude. (b) To desist or refrain from having to do with; as, to leave dangerous chemicals alone.

To leave off. (a) To desist from; to forbear; to stop; as, to leave off work at six o'clock. (b) To cease wearing or using; to omit to put in the usual position; as, to leave off a garment; to leave off the tablecloth. (c) To forsake; as, to leave off a bad habit.

To leave out, to omit; as, to leave out a word or name in writing.

To leave to one's self, to let (one) be alone; to cease caring for (one).

Syn: Syn>- To quit; depart from; forsake; abandon; relinquish; deliver; bequeath; give up; forego; resign; surrender; forbear. See Quit. [1913 Webster]

1.Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing. [1913 Webster]

Alone on a wide, wide sea.— Coleridge.[1913 Webster]

It is not good that the man should be alone.— Gen. ii. 18.[1913 Webster]

2.Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only. [1913 Webster]

Man shall not live by bread alone.— Luke iv. 4.[1913 Webster]

The citizens alone should be at the expense.— Franklin.[1913 Webster]

3.Sole; only; exclusive. [R.] [1913 Webster]

God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being.— Bentley.[1913 Webster]

4.Hence; Unique; rare; matchless. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Note: The adjective alone commonly follows its noun. [1913 Webster]

To let alone or To leave alone, to abstain from interfering with or molesting; to suffer to remain in its present state. [1913 Webster]