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Levee
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- 1 An elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge.
- 2 The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest. obsolete
"c. 1763, Thomas Gray, letter to Mr. Nichols And look before you were up in the morning, though you were a punctual courtier at the sun's levee"
- 3 an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing wordnet
- 4 An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
- 5 A reception of visitors held after getting up.
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- 6 a pier that provides a landing place on a river wordnet
- 7 The steep bank of a river. US
"The purchaser of a riparious estate under the words "front to the levee," does not acquire the alluvion or batture, when there is land susceptible of separate ownership beyond the levee."
- 8 A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.
"I must take my leave, for the Cardinal holds a levee to-day, and let those fail in attendance who want nothing."
- 9 a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court) wordnet
- 10 The border of an irrigated field. US
- 11 A pier or other landing place on a river. US
- 1 To keep within a channel by means of levees. US, transitive
"to levee a river"
- 2 To attend the levee or levees of. transitive
"He levees all the great."
Etymology
From French levée, from lever (“to raise, rise”).
From French levée, from lever (“to raise, rise”).
From French levé variant of the noun lever (“the act of getting up in the morning”).
From French levé variant of the noun lever (“the act of getting up in the morning”).
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