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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Levant \Le"vant\ (l[=e]"vant), a. [F., p. pr of lever to raise.] (Law) Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See {Couchant and levant}, under {Couchant}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Levant \Le*vant"\ (l[-e]*v[a^]nt"), n. [It. levante the point where the sun rises, the east, the Levant, fr levare to raise, levarsi to rise: cf F. levant. See {Lever}.] 1. The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters. 2. A levanter (the wind so called). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Levant \Le"vant\ (l[=e]"vant; 277), a. Eastern. [Obs.] Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Levant \Le*vant"\ (l[-e]*v[a^]nt"), v. i. [Cf. Sp levantar to raise, go from one place to another.] To run away from one's debts; to decamp. [Colloq. Eng.] --Thackeray. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Levant n : the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon and Syria and Israel [syn: {Levant}] v : run off without paying a debt From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Levant, KS Zip code(s): 67743 Levant, ME Zip code(s): 04456
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