levant
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intransitive verb \lə-ˈvant\Definition of LEVANT
chiefly British : to run away from a debt
Origin of LEVANT
perhaps from Spanish levantar to break camp, ultimately from Latin levare
First Known Use: 1797
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
Le·vant
geographical name \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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