(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.
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