n.
Pronunciation: l ə - ' vant
Function: intransitive verb
Etymology: perhaps from Spanish levantar to break camp, ultimately from Latin levare
Date: 1797
chiefly British : to run away from a debt
n.
Pronunciation: l ə - ' vant
Function: intransitive verb
Etymology: perhaps from Spanish levantar to break camp, ultimately from Latin levare
Date: 1797
chiefly British : to run away from a debt
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012