LEVEE
\lˈɛviː], \lˈɛviː], \l_ˈɛ_v_iː]\
Definitions of LEVEE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The act of rising.
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To attend the levee or levees of.
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To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
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A morning assembly or reception of visitors, - in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.
By Oddity Software
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The act of rising.
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To attend the levee or levees of.
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To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
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A morning assembly or reception of visitors, - in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.
By Noah Webster.
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A morning reception held by a sovereign or personage of high rank; any general reception; a river embankment to prevent overflow.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A morning assembly of visitors: an assembly received by a sovereign or other great personage: a bank along the river, to prevent inundation.
By Daniel Lyons
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Morning assemblage of visitors, embankment along a river.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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