[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

levee \lev"ee\ le^v"-e; often le^v=e" in u. s., n.
   f. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. see lever,
   n.
   1. the act of rising. " the sun's levee." --gray.
      1913 webster

   2. a morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in
      distinction from a soir'ee, or evening assembly; a
      matin'ee; hence, also, any general or somewhat
      miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime
      or evening; as, the president's levee.
      1913 webster

   note: in england a ceremonious day reception, when attended
         by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a
         drawing-room.
         1913 webster
see also:
lever soir'ee matin'ee drawing-room 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

levee \lev"ee\, v. t.
   to attend the levee or levees of.
   1913 webster

         he levees all the great.                 --young.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

levee \lev"ee\, n. f. lev'ee, fr. lever to raise. see
   lever, and cf. levy.
   an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the
   mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. u. s.
   1913 webster
see also:
lever levy 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

levee \lev"ee\, v. t.
   to keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a
   river. u. s.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

levee
     n : a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to
         keep out the sea syn: dam, dike, dyke
see also:
dam dike dyke 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

112 moby thesaurus words for "levee":
   affair, arch dam, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home,
   backstop, ball, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier,
   bear-trap dam, beaver dam, berth, boom, brawl, breakwater,
   breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, caucus,
   cofferdam, colloquium, commission, committee, conclave, concourse,
   congregation, congress, conventicle, convention, convocation,
   council, dam, dance, date, defense, diet, dike, ditch, dock,
   earthwork, eisteddfod, embankment, fence, festivity, fete,
   forgathering, forum, gate, gathering, get-together, gravity dam,
   groin, housewarming, hydraulic-fill dam, iron curtain, jam, jetty,
   leaping weir, logjam, matinee, meet, meeting, milldam, moat, mole,
   mound, panel, parapet, party, plenum, portcullis, prom, quay,
   quorum, rally, rampart, reception, rendezvous, reunion, roadblock,
   rock-fill dam, salon, seance, seawall, session, shindig,
   shutter dam, sit-in, sitting, slip, sociable, social,
   social affair, social gathering, soiree, stews, stone wall,
   symposium, synod, tenderloin, turnout, wake, wall, weir,
   wicket dam, work

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