Lev"i*er (lv"*r), n. One who levies. Cartwright.
Lev"i*ga*ble (lv"*g*b'l), a. [See Levigate, v. t.] Capable of being
levigated.
Lev"i*gate (-gt), a. [L. levigatus, p. p. of levigare to lighten, fr.
lvis light.] Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated. [Obs.] Sir T.
Elyot.
Lev"i*gate (-gt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Levigated (- g`td); p. pr. & vb.
n. Levigating.] [L. levigatus, p. p. of levigare to make smooth, fr.
lvis smooth; akin to Gr. lei^os.] To make smooth in various senses: (a)
To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder or paste. (b) To
mix thoroughly, as liquids or semiliquids. (c) To polish. (d) To make
smooth in action. " When use hath levigated the organs." Barrow. (e)
Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist condition between
hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments.
Lev"i*gate (-gt), a. [L. levigatus, p. p.] Made smooth, as if polished.
Lev`i*ga"tion (lv`*g"shn), n. [L. levigatio a smoothing: cf. F.
lévigation.] The act or operation of levigating.
Lev"in (lv"n), n. [Etymol. uncertain. Cf. Leven.] Lightning. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Levin brand, a thunderbolt. [Obs.] Spenser.
Lev"in*er (-r), n. (Zoöl.) A swift hound.
Le"vir (l"vr), n. [L.] A husband's brother; -- used in reference to
levirate marriages.
{ Lev"i*rate (lv"*rt), Lev`i*rat"ic*al (-rt"*kal), } a. [L. levir a
husband's brother, brother- in-law; akin to Gr. dah`r: cf. F. lévirat
leviration.] Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with, a law of the
ancient Israelites and other tribes and races, according to which a
woman, whose husband died without issue, was married to the husband's
brother.
The firstborn son of a leviratical marriage was reckoned and
registered as the son of the deceased brother.
Alford.
Lev`i*ra"tion (lv`*r"shn), n. Levirate marriage or marriages. Kitto.
||Lev`i*ros"tres (-rs"trz), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. levis light + rostrum
||beak.] (Zoöl.) A group of birds, including the hornbills,
||kingfishers, and related forms.
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Lev"i*tate (lv"*tt), v. i. [L. levitas, -atis, lightness. See Levity.]
To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to
become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate. Sir. J. Herschel.
Lev"i*tate, v. t. (Spiritualism) To make buoyant; to cause to float in
the air; as, to levitate a table. [Cant]