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<hw>Le*va"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>levare</ets> to raise. See <er>Lever</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.</def>

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<hw>Leve</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dear. See <er>Lief</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Leve</hw>, <tt>n. & v.</tt> <def>Same as 3d & 4th <er>Leave</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Leve</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To live.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Leve</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE., fr. AS. <ets>l<?/fan</ets>, abbrev. fr. <ets>gel<?/fan</ets>. See <er>Believe</er>.]</ety> <def>To believe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Leve</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>leven</ets>, AS. <ets>l<?/fan</ets>, <ets>l<?/fan</ets>. See <er>Leave</er> permission.]</ety> <def>To grant; -- used esp. in exclamations or prayers followed by a dependent clause.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>God <b>leve</b> all be well. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Lev"ee</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lever</ets>, fr. <ets>lever</ets> to raise, <ets>se lever</ets> to rise. See <er>Lever</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of rising.</def> " The sun's <i>levee</i>."

<i>Gray.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a <i>soir\'82e</i>, or evening assembly; a <i>matin\'82e</i>; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; <as>as, the president's <ex>levee</ex></as>.</def>

<note>&hand; In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a <i>drawing-room</i>.</note>

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<hw>Lev"ee</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To attend the levee or levees of.</def>

<blockquote>He <b>levees</b> all the great. <i>Young.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Lev"ee</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lev\'82e</ets>, fr. <ets>lever</ets> to raise. See <er>Lever</er>, and cf. <er>Levy</er>.]</ety> <def>An embankment to prevent inundation; <as>as, the <ex>levees</ex> along the Mississippi</as>; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.</def> <mark>[U. S. ]</mark>

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<hw>Lev"ee</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To keep within a channel by means of levees; <as>as, to <ex>levee</ex> a river</as>.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>