| leve |
| Leve | v. t. [ OE., fr. AS. lēfan, abbrev. fr. gelēfan. See Believe. ] To believe. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Leve | v. i. To live. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Leve | v. t. [ OE. leven, AS. lēfan, l&ymacr_;fan. See Leave permission. ] To grant; -- used esp. in exclamations or prayers followed by a dependent clause. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] God leve all be well. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Leve | a. Dear. See Lief. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Leve | n. & v. Same as 3d & 4th Leave. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Leveche | ‖n. [ Sp. Cf. Lebeccio. ] (Meteor.) A dry sirocco of Spain. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Levee | v. t. To keep within a channel by means of levees; |
| Levee | n. [ F. levée, fr. lever to raise. See Lever, and cf. Levy. ] An embankment to prevent inundation; |
| Levee | n. [ F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See Lever, n. ] ☞ In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a |
| Levee | v. t. To attend the levee or levees of. [ 1913 Webster ] He levees all the great. Young. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| levee | (n) a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court) |
| levee | (n) a pier that provides a landing place on a river |
| levee | (n) an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing |
| level | (n) height above ground, Example: the water reached ankle level; the pictures were at the same level |
| level | (n) indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid, Syn. spirit level |
| level | (n) an abstract place usually conceived as having depth, Syn. stratum, layer, Example: a good actor communicates on several levels; a simile has at least two layers of meaning; the mind functions on many strata simultaneously |
| level | (v) aim at, Example: level criticism or charges at somebody |
| level | (v) tear down so as to make flat with the ground, Syn. dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down, raze, rase, Ant. raise, Example: The building was levelled |
| level | (v) talk frankly with; lay it on the line, Example: I have to level with you |
| level | (v) become level or even, Syn. level off, Example: The ground levelled off |
| Level { n } | level [Add to Longdo] |