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Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Levee

/(lĕv"ē̇; often lĕv*ē" in U. S.)/ · Lev·ee · IPA /ˈlɛvi/
01 n. The act of rising.
  1. 1.
    The act of rising.
  2. 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. Also: matinée
02 v. t. To attend the levee or levees of.
  1. 1.
    To attend the levee or levees of.
    “He levees all the great.” — Young.
03 n. An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
  1. 1.
    An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.[U. S.]
04 v. t. To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
  1. 1.
    To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.[U. S.]