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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t.
     To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a
     river. [U. S.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Levee \Lev"ee\ (l[e^]v"[-e]; often l[e^]v*[=e]" in U. S.), n.
     [F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See Lever,
     n.]
     1. The act of rising. `` The sun's levee.'' --Gray.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in
        distinction from a soir['e]e, or evening assembly; a
        matin['e]e; hence, also, any general or somewhat
        miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime
        or evening; as, the president's levee.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended
           by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a
           drawing-room.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t.
     To attend the levee or levees of.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           He levees all the great.                 --Young.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Levee \Lev"ee\, n. [F. lev['e]e, fr. lever to raise. See
     Lever, and cf. Levy.]
     An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the
     Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S.]
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Levee \Lev"ee\ (l[e^]v"[-e]; often l[e^]v*[=e]" in U. S.), n.
     [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 soir['e]e, or evening assembly; a
        matin['e]e; 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t.
     To attend the levee or levees of.
  
           He levees all the great.                 --Young.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Levee \Lev"ee\, n. [F. lev['e]e, fr. lever to raise. See
     Lever, and cf. Levy.]
     An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the
     Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t.
     To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a
     river. [U. S.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  levee
       n : a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to
           keep out the sea [syn: dam, dike, dyke]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  levee
     Αγγλικά n.
     το ανάχωμα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  levee
     Old French vb.
     (feminine singular past participle of fro lever nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  levee
     n.
     1 An elevated geographical feature.
     2 An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the
  Mississippi.
     3 (lb en US) The steep bank of a river.
     4 (lb en US) The border of an irrigated field.
     5 (lb en US) A pier or other landing place on a river.
     vb.
     (lb en US transitive) To keep within a channel by means of levees.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) The act of rising; getting up, especially in the
  morning after rest.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To attend the levee or levees of.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  levee
     Old French vb.
     (feminine singular past participle of fro lever nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  levee
     Old French vb.
     (feminine singular past participle of fro lever nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  levee
     Englanti n.
     penger, pengerrys

From Finnish Wiktionary: Finnish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-fi-2023-07-27 ]


  levee
     a.
     (yhteys murteellinen puhekieltä k=fi) leveä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  levee
     Engelska n.
     1 skyddsvall
     2 mottagning

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Levee /lˈɛviː/
  السدّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  levee //ləˈveɪ// //ləˈvi// //ˈlɛv.eɪ// //ˈlɛvi// 
  дига, насип
  embankment to prevent inundation

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  levee /lˈɛviː/ 
  násep

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  levee /lˈɛviː/
  hráz