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levee |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Levee \Lev"ee\ (l[e^]v"[-e]; often l[e^]v*[=e]" in U. S.), n. [F. lever, fr lever to raise, se lever to rise. See {Lever}, n.] 1. The act of rising. `` The sun's levee.'' --Gray. 2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a {soir['e]e}, or evening assembly; a {matin['e]e}; hence also any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as the president's levee. Note: In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a {drawing-room}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t. To attend the levee or levees of He levees all the great. --Young. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Levee \Lev"ee\, n. [F. lev['e]e, fr lever to raise. See {Lever}, and cf {Levy}.] An embankment to prevent inundation; as the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes the steep bank of a river. [U. S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t. To keep within a channel by means of levees; as to levee a river. [U. S.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: levee n : a barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea [syn: {dam}, {dike}, {dyke}]
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