Part 6494

<blockquote>Augustine . . . inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to <b>levy</b> his power, and to war against them. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; <as>as, to <ex>levy</ex> taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions</as>.</def>

<blockquote>If they do this . . . my ransom, then, Will soon be <b>levied</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To gather or exact; <as>as, to <ex>levy</ex> money</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; <as>as, to <ex>levy</ex> a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.</as></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Cowell</i>. <i>Blackstone</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.</def>

<cs><col>To levy a fine</col>, <cd>to commence and carry on a suit for assuring the title to lands or tenements. <i>Blackstone</i>.</cd> -- <col>To levy war</col>, <cd>to make or begin war; to take arms for attack; to attack.</cd></cs>

<h1>Levy</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lev"y</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; <as>as, to <ex>levy</ex> on property; the usual mode of <ex>levying</ex>, in England, is by seizing the goods.</as></def>

<cs><col>To levy on goods and chattels</col>, <cd>to take into custody or seize specific property in satisfaction of a writ.</cd></cs>

<h1>Levyne, Levynite</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw><hw>Lev"yne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lev"yn*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Mr. <ets>Levy</ets>, an English mineralogist.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite.</def>

<h1>Lew</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lew</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <ets>lee</ets> a calm or sheltered place, <ets>luke</ets>warm.]</ety> <def>Lukewarm; tepid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Lewd</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lewd</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Lewder</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Lewdest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<er>OE</er>.<ets>lewed</ets>, <ets>lewd</ets>, lay, ignorant, vile, AS. <ets>l<?/wed</ets> laical, belonging to the laity.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>For if priest be foul, on whom we trust, No wonder is a <b>lewed</b> man to rust. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>So these great clerks their little wisdom show To mock the <b>lewd</b>, as learn'd in this as they. <i>Sit. J. Davies.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>But the Jews, which believed not, . . . took unto them certain <b>lewd</b> fellows of the baser sort, . . . and assaulted the house of Jason. <i>Acts xvii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Too <b>lewd</b> to work, and ready for any kind of mischief. <i>Southey</i></blockquote>.

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire; <as>as, <ex>lewd</ex> thoughts, conduct, or language</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Lustful; libidinous; licentious; profligate; dissolute; sensual; unchaste; impure; lascivious; lecherous; rakish; debauched.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Lewd"ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Lewd"ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Lewdster</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lewd"ster</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A lewd person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>