Levee /(lĕv"ē̇; often lĕv*ē" in U. S.)/

Lev·ee

Levee

n.
  1. The act of rising.
  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.

Levee

v. t.
  1. To attend the levee or levees of.
    He levees all the great.

Levee

n.
  1. An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S.]

Levee

v. t.
  1. To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. [U. S.]