levant
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See also Levant
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
Transferral use of Levant, from French levant. Compare French faire voile en Levant (“‘be stolen away’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /lɪˈvænt/
[edit] Noun
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levant (plural levants)
- Disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.
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to levant (third-person singular simple present levants, present participle levanting, simple past and past participle levanted)
- To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.
- 1885: In a mighty little time their husbands played them false and, taking whatever they could lay hands upon, levanted and left them in the lurch. — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 16
- 1922: He died of a Tuesday. Got the run. Levanted with the cash of a few ads. — James Joyce, Ulysses
[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈlɛvənt/
[edit] Adjective
levant (comparative more levant, superlative most levant)
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- (heraldry) Rising, of an animal.
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
Participle adjective of lever (“‘to raise’”).
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- IPA: /ləvɑ̃/
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levant levant (f. levante, m. plural levants, f. plural levantes)
- (moon, sun) Rising.
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levant m. (plural levant)
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levant
- Present participle of lever.
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Verb
lēvant
- third-person plural present active indicative of lēvō.

