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leveeEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From French levée, from lever (“to raise, rise”).
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From French levé variant of the noun lever (“the act of getting up in the morning”).
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1908- LeveeEnglish · e-38538-7313
Levee, lev′ā, lev′ē, le-vē′, n. a morning assembly of visitors: an assembly received by a sovereign or other great personage.—v.t. to attend the levee of. [Fr. lever, to rise.]
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Levee, le-vē′, n. an artificial bank, as that of the Lower Mississippi: a quay. [Fr.]
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