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.]
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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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	Levant
    n 1: a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding [syn: Levant,
         Levant morocco]
    2: the former name for the geographical area of the eastern
       Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and
       Israel
    v 1: run off without paying a debt

	

	26 Moby Thesaurus words for "Levant":
   Africa, America, Antipodes, Asia, Asia Major, Asia Minor,
   Australasia, East, Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, Europe, Far East,
   Middle East, Near East, New World, Occident, Oceania, Old World,
   Orient, West, Western Hemisphere, continent, down under, eastland,
   landmass, the old country