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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.
  • An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
  • A reception of visitors held after getting up.
  • obsolete The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
  • US A pier or other landing place on a river.
  • US The steep bank of a river, or border of an irrigated field.

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