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<hw>Lev"i*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Levigated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Levigating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>levigatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>levigare</ets> to make smooth, fr. <ets>l<?/vis</ets> smooth; akin to Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>To make smooth in various senses</def>: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder or paste.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To mix thoroughly, as liquids or semiliquids.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>To polish.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>To make smooth in action.</def> " When use hath <i>levigated</i> the organs." <i>Barrow</i>. <sd>(e)</sd> <def>Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments</def>.

<h1>Levigate</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Lev"i*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>levigatus</ets>, <ets>p. p.</ets>]</ety> <def>Made smooth, as if polished.</def>

<h1>Levigation</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Lev"i*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>levigatio</ets> a smoothing: cf. F. <ets>l\'82vigation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or operation of levigating.</def>

<h1>Levin</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Lev"in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain. Cf. <er>Leven</er>.]</ety> <def>Lightning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<cs><col>Levin brand</col>, <cd>a thunderbolt. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Leviner</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Lev"in*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A swift hound.</def>

<h1>Levir</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Le"vir</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A husband's brother; -- used in reference to levirate marriages.</def>

<h1>Levirate, Leviratical</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw><hw>Lev"i*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lev`i*rat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>levir</ets> a husband's brother, brother-in-law; akin to Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>l\'82virat</ets> leviration.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with, a law of the ancient Israelites and other tribes and races, according to which a woman, whose husband died without issue, was married to the husband's brother.</def>

<blockquote>The firstborn son of a <b>leviratical</b> marriage was reckoned and registered as the son of the deceased brother. <i>Alford.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Leviration</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Lev`i*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Levirate marriage or marriages.</def>

<i>Kitto.</i>

<h1>Levirostres</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Lev`i*ros"tres</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>levis</ets> light + <ets>rostrum</ets> beak.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of birds, including the hornbills, kingfishers, and related forms.</def>

<h1>Levitate</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Lev"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>levitas</ets>, <ets>-atis</ets>, lightness. See <er>Levity</er>.]</ety> <def>To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to <i>gravitate</i>.</def>

<i>Sir. J. Herschel.</i>

<h1>Levitate</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Lev"i*tate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Spiritualism)</fld> <def>To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; <as>as, to <ex>levitate</ex> a table</as>.</def> <mark></mark>

<h1>Levitation</h1> <Xpage=846>