First Known Use: 1797
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levant
verb le·vant \lə-ˈvant\
Definition of LEVANT
intransitive verb
chiefly British : to run away from a debt
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Origin of LEVANT
perhaps from Spanish levantar to break camp, ultimately from Latin levare
Rhymes with LEVANT
aslant, bacchant, bacchante, bezant, courante, decant, descant, displant, eggplant, enceinte, enchant, explant, extant, face-plant, fire ant, formant, gallant, Gallant, gas plant, grandaunt, houseplant, ice plant, implant, incant, jade plant, land grant, leadplant, Levant, musk plant, pieplant, pissant, plainchant, pourpoint, preplant, recant, red ant, replant, savant, seed plant, snow plant, supplant, transplant, white ant
Levant
geographical name Le·vant \lə-ˈvant\
Definition of LEVANT
the countries bordering on the E Mediterranean
— Le·van·tine \ˈle-vən-ˌtīn, -ˌtēn, lə-ˈvan-\ adjective or noun
Rhymes with LEVANT
aslant, bacchant, bacchante, bezant, courante, decant, descant, displant, eggplant, enceinte, enchant, explant, extant, face-plant, fire ant, formant, gallant, Gallant, gas plant, grandaunt, houseplant, ice plant, implant, incant, jade plant, land grant, leadplant, levant, musk plant, pieplant, pissant, plainchant, pourpoint, preplant, recant, red ant, replant, savant, seed plant, snow plant, supplant, transplant, white ant
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