levee : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: levee	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for levee
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
levee n a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court) a pier that provides a landing place on a river an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t. To attend the levee or levees of. He levees all the great. --Young.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Levee \Lev"ee\, n. [F. lev[82]e, fr. lever to raise. See {Lever}, and cf. {Levy}.] An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t. To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. [U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Levee \Lev"ee\ (l[ecr]v"[esl]; often l[ecr]v*[emac]" in U. S.), n. [F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See {Lever}, n.] 1. The act of rising. [bd] The sun's levee.[b8] --Gray. 2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a {soir[82]e}, or evening assembly; a {matin[82]e}; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee. Note: In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a {drawing-room}.