The act of rising.
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.
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
To attend the levee or levees of.
To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12½ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.
The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
To raise, as a siege.
To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.
