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levant

1

[li-vant]

verb (used without object)

British Slang.
  1. to leave secretly or hurriedly to avoid paying debts.



Levant

2

[li-vant]

noun

  1. the lands bordering the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

  2. Also called Levant morocco.a superior grade of morocco leather having a large and prominent grain, originally made in the Levant.

levant

1

/ ɪˈæԳ /

noun

  1. a type of leather made from the skins of goats, sheep, or seals, having a pattern of irregular creases

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

levant

2

/ ɪˈæԳ /

verb

  1. (intr) to bolt or abscond, esp to avoid paying debts

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Levant

3

/ ɪˈæԳ /

noun

  1. a former name for the area of the E Mediterranean now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel

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Levant

  1. Name for the nations on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea: Cyprus, Egypt (see also Egypt), Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • levanter noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of levant1

1750–60; perhaps < Spanish levantar to lift (Compare levantar el campo to break camp, leave), frequentative of levar < Latin

Origin of levant2

1490–1500; earlier levaunt < Middle French levant, noun use (with reference to rising sun) of present participle of lever to raise ( se lever to rise). See lever
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of levant1

C19: shortened from Levant morocco (type of leather)

Origin of levant2

C18: perhaps from Spanish levantar ( el campo ) to break (camp)

Origin of levant3

C15: from Old French, from the present participle of lever to raise (referring to the rising of the sun in the east), from Latin
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Example Sentences

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Anyhow, if I'm booked to cash in, I don't mind giving you a show to levant.

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At bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.

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I was only too glad to take it and a couple more, for which I paid him at once; and next evening, at dinner, I heard that he had levanted.

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It is only appropriate for crushed levant, being dependent for its beauty on the polished surface of the leather.

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According to a common rule the only cattle allowed to use the village pasture was that which was constantly kept in the village, levant e couchant en le maner.

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