·noun A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.
II. Levator ·noun A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid.
lĕvātor, ōris, m. [1. levo], a lifter, a thief , Petr. 140 dub. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.