Dictionary entry

Level (4)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lev″el, v. i. 1. To be level; to be on a level with, or on an equality with, something; hence, to accord; to agree; to suit.

With such accommodation and besort

As levels with her breeding. Shak.

2. To aim a gun, spear, etc., horizontally; hence, to aim or point a weapon in direct line with the mark; fig., to direct the eye, mind, or effort, directly to an object.

The foeman may with as great aim level at the edge of a penknife. Shak.

The glory of God and the good of his church... ought to be the mark whereat we also level. Hooker.

She leveled at our purposes. Shak.