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-1 n. நாளோலக்கம், காலைக் கூட்டணி வரவேற்பு, திருவோலக்கம், அரசுரிமைக் கூட்டணிக் காட்சி, ஆடவர் பேட்டிகுழு.-2 n. ஆற்றின் வௌ஢ளக் காப்புக்குரிய அணை கரை.-2 n. ஆற்றின் வௌ஢ளக் காப்புக்குரிய அணை கரை.


Lev"ee, n. Etym: [F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See Lever, n.] 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. Lev"ee, v. t. Defn: To attend the levee or levees of. He levees all the great. Young. Lev"ee, n. Etym: [F. levée, fr. lever to raise. See Lever, and cf. Levy.] Defn: An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S. ] Lev"ee, v. t. Defn: To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. [U. S.] Lev"ee, n. Etym: [F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See Lever, n.] 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. Lev"ee, v. t. Defn: To attend the levee or levees of. He levees all the great. Young. Lev"ee, n. Etym: [F. levée, fr. lever to raise. See Lever, and cf. Levy.] Defn: An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S. ] Lev"ee, v. t. Defn: To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. [U. S.] Lev"ee, n. Etym: [F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See Lever, n.] 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. Lev"ee, v. t. Defn: To attend the levee or levees of. He levees all the great. Young. Lev"ee, n. Etym: [F. levée, fr. lever to raise. See Lever, and cf. Levy.] Defn: An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S. ] Lev"ee, v. t. Defn: To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. [U. S.]


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