LEVANT Meaning of LEVANT in English [ lɪ'vant ]■ verb archaic abscond leaving unpaid debts.OriginC17: perh. from Levant : cf. Fr. faire voile en Levant 'be stolen or spirited away', lit. 'set sail for the Levant'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004