Levee

·vt To attend the levee or levees of.

II. Levee ·noun The act of Rising.

III. Levee ·vt To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.

IV. Levee ·noun An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.

V. Levee ·noun A morning assembly or reception of visitors, — in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.