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Pronunciation : Le"vant
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [F., p. pr. of lever to raise.] (Law)
Definition : Defn: Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Le*vant"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [It. levante the point where the sum rises, the east, the Levant, fr.levare to raise, levarsi to rise: cf. F. levant. See Lever.]
Definition : 1. The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.

2. A levanter (the wind so called).
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Le"vant
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Eastern. [Obs.] Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. Milton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Le*vant"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. Sp. levantar to raise, go from one place to another.]
Definition : Defn: To run away from one's debts; to decamp. [Colloq. Eng.] Thackeray.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913