| Levee (levee) |
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| n. | (l v"; often
lv****emacr]" in U. S.) |
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| Lev"ee |
| [F. lever,
fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See Lever,
] |
The act of
rising.
A morning assembly or reception of
visitors, -- in distinction from a soirée, or evening
assembly; a matinée; hence, also, any general or
somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or
evening; as, the president's levee.
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To attend the levee
or levees of.
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An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along
the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
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To keep within a
channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
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