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–noun

1.	an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river.

2.	Geology. natural levee.

3.	Agriculture. one of the small continuous ridges surrounding fields that are to be irrigated.

4.	History/Historical. a landing place for ships; quay.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to furnish with a levee: to levee a treacherous stream.

[Origin: 1710–20, Americanism; < F levée < ML levāta embankment, n. use of fem. ptp. of L levāre to raise, orig. lighten, akin to levis light, not heavy

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1.	(in Great Britain) a public court assembly, held in the early afternoon, at which men only are received.

2.	a reception, usually in someone's honor: a presidential levee at the White House.

3.	History/Historical. a reception of visitors held on rising from bed, as formerly by a royal or other personage.

[Origin: 1665–75; < F levé, var. sp. of lever rising (n. use of inf.) < L levāre to raise; see levee¹

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lev·ee¹ Audio Help (lěv'ē) Pronunciation Key
n.

An embankment raised to prevent a river from overflowing.
A small ridge or raised area bordering an irrigated field.
A landing place on a river; a pier.

tr.v. lev·eed, lev·ee·ing, lev·ees
To provide with a levee.

[French levée, from Old French levee, from feminine past participle of lever, to raise; see lever.]

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lev·ee² Audio Help (lěv'ē, lə-vē', -vā') Pronunciation Key
n.

A reception held, as by royalty, upon arising from bed.
A formal reception, as at a royal court.

[From French lever, a rising, from Old French, from lever, to raise, rise; see lever.]

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1719, "natural or artificial embankment to prevent overflow of a river," from New Orleans Fr. levée "raising, lifting, embankment," from Fr., originally fem. pp. of lever "to raise," from L. levare "to raise" (see lever). In an earlier sense borrowed from the lit. Fr. meaning, it was used for "morning assembly held by a prince or king (upon rising from bed)," 1672.

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levee
noun
1.	a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
2.	a pier that provides a landing place on a river
3.	an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing

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A long ridge of sand, silt, and clay built up by a river along its banks, especially during floods.
An artificial embankment along a rivercourse or an arm of the sea, built to protect adjoining land from inundation.

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Levee

Lev"ee\ (l[e^]v"[-e]; often l[e^]v*[=e]" in U. S.), n. [F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See Lever, n.]

1. The act of rising. " The sun's levee." --Gray.

2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soir['e]e, or evening assembly; a matin['e]e; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.

Note: In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a drawing-room.

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Levee

Lev"ee\, v. t. To attend the levee or levees of.

He levees all the great. --Young.

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Levee

Lev"ee\, n. [F. lev['e]e, fr. lever to raise. See Lever, and cf. Levy.] An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S.]

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Levee

Lev"ee\, v. t. To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. [U. S.]

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Le"ver\ (l[=e]"v[~e]r or l[e^]v"[~e]r; 277), n. [OE. levour, OF. leveor, prop., a lifter, fr. F. lever to raise, L. levare; akin to levis light in weight, E. levity, and perh. to E. light not heavy: cf. F. levier. Cf. Alleviate, Elevate, Leaven, Legerdemain, Levee, Levy, n.]

1. (Mech.) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.

2. (Mach.) (a) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it. (b) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.

Compound lever, a machine consisting of two or more levers acting upon each other.

Lever escapement. See Escapement.

Lever jack. See Jack, n., 5.

Lever watch, a watch having a vibrating lever to connect the action of the escape wheel with that of the balance.

Universal lever, a machine formed by a combination of a lever with the wheel and axle, in such a manner as to convert the reciprocating motion of the lever into a continued rectilinear motion of some body to which the power is applied.

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Levee

Lev"y\, n. [F. lev['e]e, fr. lever to raise. See Lever, and cf. Levee.]

1. The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.

A levy of all the men left under sixty. --Thirlwall.

2. That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc. " The Irish levies." --Macaulay.

3. (Law) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.

Levy in mass [F. lev['e]e en masse], a requisition of all able-bodied men for military service.

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