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Webster 1913 Edition

(lĕv′ĕt)

Noun.

[Cf. F.

lever

to raise.]

A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.

[Obs.]

Hudibras.

Noun.

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

levet ‎(plural levets)

(obsolete) A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.
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lēvet