LEVEE

I. noun Etymology: French lever, from Middle French, act of arising, from (se) lever to rise Date: 1672 a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed, an afternoon assembly at which the British sovereign or his or her representative receives only men, a reception usually in honor of a particular person, II. noun see: lever Date: circa 1720 1. an embankment for preventing flooding, a river landing place ; pier , a continuous dike or ridge (as of earth) for confining the irrigation areas of land to be flooded, III. transitive verb (~d; ~ing) Date: 1832 to provide with a ~