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Rising vs Levee - What's the difference?

rising | levee |

As verbs the difference between rising and levee

is that rising is (rise) while levee is (us|transitive) to keep within a channel by means of levees or levee can be to attend the levee or levees of.

As nouns the difference between rising and levee

is that rising is rebellion while levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.

As a adjective rising

is that which goes up.

As a preposition rising

is (us|slang|dated) more than; exceeding; upwards of.

rising

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • rebellion
  • The act of something that rises.
    • the risings and fallings of a thermometer
  • (US, dated) A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment.
    • salt rising'''; milk '''rising

    Adjective

    (-)
  • going up

    • Related terms

    * rise

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (US, slang, dated) More than; exceeding; upwards of.
    • a horse rising six years of age
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    *

    levee

    English

    (wikipedia levee)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
  • (US) The steep bank of a river, or border of an irrigated field.
  • (US) A pier or other landing place on a river.
    • Synonyms
    * (embankment) dike, floodwall

    Verb

  • (US) To keep within a channel by means of levees.
    • to levee a river

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
  • * Gray
    • the sun's levee
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 414:
    • The sturdy hind now attends the levee of his fellow-labourer the ox
  • A reception of visitors held after getting up.
  • A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1992 , year_published=1993 , author= Hilary Mantel , title=A Place of Greater Safety citation , isbn=9780689121685 , page=195 , passage=At the King's levee on the morning of the 13th, Philippe was first ignored; then asked by His Majesty (rudely) what he wanted; then told, ‘Get back where you came from.’ }}

    Verb

  • To attend the levee or levees of.
  • * Young
    • He levees all the great.
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