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Webster 1913 Edition
Levee
Lev′ee
(lĕv′ē̍; often lĕv-ē′ in U. S.)
, Noun.
1.
The act of rising.
“ The sun’s levee.” Gray.
2.
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
☞ In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a
drawing-room
. Lev′ee
,Verb.
T.
To attend the levee or levees of.
He
levees
all the great. Young.
Lev′ee
,Verb.
T.
To keep within a channel by means of levees;
as, to
. levee
a river[U. S.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Levee
LEV'EE
,Noun.
1.
The time of rising.2.
The concourse of persons who visit a prince or great personage in the morning.3.
A bank or causey, particularly along a river to prevent inundation; as the levees along the Mississippi.Definition 2024
levee
levee
English
Noun
levee (plural levees)
- An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
- (US) The steep bank of a river, or border of an irrigated field.
- (US) A pier or other landing place on a river.
Synonyms
Translations
embankment to prevent inundation
Verb
levee (third-person singular simple present levees, present participle leveeing, simple past and past participle leveed)
Etymology 2
Noun
levee (plural levees)
- (obsolete) The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
- Gray
- the sun's levee
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 414:
- The sturdy hind now attends the levee of his fellow-labourer the ox […]
- Gray
- A reception of visitors held after getting up.
- A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, published 1993, ISBN 9780689121685, page 195:
- At the King's levee on the morning of the 13th, Philippe was first ignored; then asked by His Majesty (rudely) what he wanted; then told, ‘Get back where you came from.’
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Verb
levee (third-person singular simple present levees, present participle leveeing, simple past and past participle leveed)
- (transitive) To attend the levee or levees of.
- Young
- He levees all the great.
- Young
