levant

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.3 Verb 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Adjective 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Adjective 2.4 Noun 2.5 Verb 2.6 Derived terms 3 Latin 3.1 Verb

[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

levant (plural levants)

1. Disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.

[edit] Verb

to levant (third-person singular simple present levants, present participle levanting, simple past and past participle levanted)

1. 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

From French levant.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɛvənt/

[edit] Adjective

levant (comparative more levant, superlative most levant)

1. (heraldry) Rising, of an animal.

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Participle adjective of lever (“‘to raise’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ləvɑ̃/

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levant levant (f. levante, m. plural levants, f. plural levantes)

1. (moon, sun) Rising.

[edit] Noun

levant m. (plural levant)

1. The east, the orient.

[edit] Verb

levant

1. Present participle of lever.

[edit] Derived terms

• Levant

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Verb

lēvant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of lēvō.