take the waters

English

Verb

take the waters (third-person singular simple present takes the waters, present participle taking the waters, simple past took the waters, past participle taken the waters)

  1. To attend a spa with waters believed to offer healing qualities, such as mineral waters and (especially) hot springs.
    • 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:
      The arrival of the railway turned this isolated fishing village into a popular seaside destination for Victorians who came to breathe fresh sea air, clear their lungs or take the waters.
    • 2025 May 10, Jemima Kelly, “My week with Jane Austen”, in FT Weekend, Travel, page 7:
      And that evening, I have the chance to “take the waters” in the spa downstairs, which I do as much as I can while I am here–the hotel is the only one in Bath with direct access to the natural thermal spring water.

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