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Levant \Le*vant"\ (l[-e]*v[a^]nt"), v. i. [Cf. Sp. levantar to
raise, go from one place to another.]
To run away from one's debts; to decamp. [Colloq. Eng.]
--Thackeray.
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Levant \Le"vant\ (l[=e]"vant), a. [F., p. pr. of lever to
raise.] (Law)
Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See
{Couchant and levant}, under {Couchant}.
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Levant \Le*vant"\ (l[-e]*v[a^]nt"), n. [It. levante the point
where the sun rises, the east, the Levant, fr. levare to
raise, levarsi to rise: cf. F. levant. See {Lever}.]
1. The countries washed by the eastern part of the
Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.
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2. A levanter (the wind so called).
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Levant \Le"vant\ (l[=e]"vant; 277), a.
Eastern. [Obs.]
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Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. --Milton.
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