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2. A levanter (the wind so called).

Le"vant (l"vant; 277), a. Eastern. [Obs.]

Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds.

Milton.

Le*vant" (l*vnt"), v. i. [Cf. Sp. levantar to raise, go from one place to another.] To run away from one's debts; to decamp. [Colloq. Eng.] Thackeray.

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Le*vant"er (l*vnt"r), n. [From Levant, v.] One who levants, or decamps. [Colloq. Eng.]

Le*vant"er, n. [From Levant, n.] A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean. W. H. Russell.

Le*vant"ine (l*vnt"n or lv"ant*n; 277), a. [F. levantin, or It. levantino. See Levant, n.] Of or pertaining to the Levant. J. Spencer.

Le*vant"ine, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of the Levant.

2. [F. levantine, or It. levantina.] A stout twilled silk fabric, formerly made in the Levant.

||Le*va`ri fa"ci*as (l*v`r f"sh*s). [Law L., cause to be levied.] A ||writ of execution at common law. || Le*va"tion (l*v"shn), n. [L. levatio.] The act of raising; elevation; upward motion, as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.

Le*va"tor (l*v"tr), n. [NL., fr. L. levare to raise. See Lever, n.] 1. (Anat.) A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid.

2. (Surg.) A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.

Leve (lv), a. Dear. See Lief. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Leve, n. & v. Same as 3d & 4th Leave. [Obs.]

Leve, v. i. To live. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Leve, v. t. [OE., fr. AS. lfan, abbrev. fr. gelfan. See Believe.] To believe. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Leve, v. t. [OE. leven, AS. lfan, lfan. See Leave permission.] To grant; -- used esp. in exclamations or prayers followed by a dependent clause. [Obs.]

God leve all be well.

Chaucer.

Lev"ee (lv"; often lv*" 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 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, v. t. To attend the levee or levees of.

He levees all the great.

Young.

Lev"ee, n. [F. levée, 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.]