LEVEED

Etymology

Adjective

leveed (not comparable)

Having a levee.

Anagrams

• veeled

Source: Wiktionary


LEVEE

Lev"ee, n. Etym: [F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See Lever, n.]

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.

Note: In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a drawing-room.

Lev"ee, v. t.

Definition: To attend the levee or levees of. He levees all the great. Young.

Lev"ee, n. Etym: [F. levée, fr. lever to raise. See Lever, and cf. Levy.]

Definition: An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S. ]

Lev"ee, v. t.

Definition: To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. [U. S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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