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LEVANT
Levant
(noun) the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel
Levant, Levant morocco
(noun) a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding
levant
(verb) run off without paying a debt
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Levant
The countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).
Antonym: Maghreb
An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea
Synonym: levanter
Anagrams
• -valent, valent, vental
Etymology 1
Noun
levant (plural levants)
A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.
Verb
levant (third-person singular simple present levants, present participle levanting, simple past and past participle levanted)
To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.
Etymology 2
Adjective
levant (not comparable)
(heraldry) Rising, of an animal.
(legal) Rising or having risen from rest; said of cattle.
(poetic) Eastern.
Anagrams
• -valent, valent, vental
Source: Wiktionary
Le"vant, a. Etym: [F., p. pr. of lever to raise.] (Law)
Definition: Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.
Le*vant", n. Etym: [It. levante the point where the sum rises, the east, the Levant, fr.levare to raise, levarsi to rise: cf. F. levant. See Lever.]
1. The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.
2. A levanter (the wind so called).
Le"vant, a.
Definition: Eastern. [Obs.] Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. Milton.
Le*vant", v. i. Etym: [Cf. Sp. levantar to raise, go from one place to another.]
Definition: To run away from one's debts; to decamp. [Colloq. Eng.] Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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