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Webster 1913 Edition


Levet

Lev′et

(lĕv′ĕt)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
lever
to raise.]
A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.
[Obs.]
Hudibras.

Webster 1828 Edition


Levet

LEV'ET

,
Noun.
A blast of a trumpet; probably that by which soldiers are called in the morning. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


levet

levet

English

Noun

levet (plural levets)

  1. (obsolete) A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Hudibras to this entry?)


Latin

Verb

lēvet

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of lēvō