Thesaurus: levee

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1. n. The act of rising.
2. 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.
3. v. t. To attend the levee or levees of.
4. n. An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
5. v. t. To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
6. n. a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
7. n. a pier that provides a landing place on a river
8. n. an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
9. 1. The act of rising. " The sun's levee." Gray. 2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soirée, or evening assembly; a matinée; 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. To attend the levee or levees of. He levees all the great. Young. An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S. ] To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. [U. S.]
10. To attend the levee or levees of.He levees all the great. Young.
11. n:100 n. a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court) n. a pier that provides a landing place on a river n. an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing