LEV'EE, noun [Latin levo.]
1. The time of rising.
2. The concourse of persons who visit a prince or great personage in the morning.
3. A bank or causey, particularly along a river to prevent inundation; as the levees along the Mississippi.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.