LEVEE


Meaning of LEVEE in English

vt to attend the levee or levees of.

2. levee ·noun the act of rising.

3. levee ·vt to keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.

4. levee ·noun an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.

5. levee ·noun a morning assembly or reception of visitors, — in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.

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