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levelling |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Level \Lev"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leveled} (-[e^]ld) or {Levelled}; p. pr & vb n. {Leveling} or {Levelling}.] 1. To make level; to make horizontal; to bring to the condition of a level line or surface; hence to make flat or even as to level a road, a walk, or a garden. 2. To bring to a lower level; to overthrow; to topple down to reduce to a flat surface; to lower. And their proud structures level with the ground. --Sandys. He levels mountains and he raises plains. --Dryden. 3. To bring to a horizontal position, as a gun; hence to point in taking aim to aim to direct. Bertram de Gordon, standing on the castle wall, leveled a quarrel out of a crossbow. --Stow. 4. Figuratively, to bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.; as to level all the ranks and conditions of men. 5. To adjust or adapt to a certain level; as to level remarks to the capacity of children. For all his mind on honor fixed is To which he levels all his purposes. --Spenser.
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