(1):

(n.) The act of rising.

(2):

(n.) An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.

(3):

(v. t.) To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.

(4):

(v. t.) To attend the levee or levees of.

(5):

(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.