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- English Word Levy Definition That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.
- English Word Levy Definition The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
- English Word Levy Definition To raise, as a siege.
- English Word Levy Definition To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
- English Word Levy Definition To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
- English Word Levy Definition To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
- English Word Levy Definition To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.
- English Word Levy Definition To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
- English Word Levy Definition To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.
- English Word Levying Definition of Levy
- English Word Levyne Definition Alt. of Levynite
- English Word Levynite Definition A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite.
- English Word Lew Definition Lukewarm; tepid.
- English Word Lewd Definition Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple.
- English Word Lewd Definition Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious.
- English Word Lewd Definition Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous.
- English Word Lewd Definition Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct, or language.
- English Word Lewdster Definition A lewd person.
- English Word Lewis Definition Alt. of Lewisson
- English Word Lewisson Definition An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc.
- English Word Lewisson Definition A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.
- English Word Lex Definition Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terrae, the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci, the law of the place; lex mercatoria, the law or custom of merchants.
- English Word Lexical Definition Of or pertaining to a lexicon, to lexicography, or words; according or conforming to a lexicon.
- English Word Lexicographer Definition The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary.
- English Word Lexicographic Definition Alt. of Lexicographical
- English Word Lexicographical Definition Of or pertaining to, or according to, lexicography.
- English Word Lexicographist Definition A lexicographer.
- English Word Lexicography Definition The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries.
- English Word Lexicologist Definition One versed in lexicology.
- English Word Lexicology Definition The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.