Leve(a.) Dear. See Lief.
Leve(n. & v.) Same as 3d & 4th Leave.
Leve(v. i.) To live.
Leve(v. t.) To believe.
Leve(v. t.) To grant; -- used esp. in exclamations or prayers followed by a dependent clause.
Levee(n.) The act of rising.
Levee(n.) 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.
Levee(n.) An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
Levee(v. t.) To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
Levee(v. t.) To attend the levee or levees of.
Leveful(n.) Allowable; permissible; lawful.
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