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(l"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. Levant" (lvnt"), 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. 2. A levanter (the wind so called). Le"vant (l"vant; 277), a.Eastern. [Obs.] Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. Milton. Levant" (lvnt"), 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. スポンサード リンク
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