LEVANT  (from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French use of the participle of See also:

• LEVER (through O. Fr. leveour, levere, mod. levier, from Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVER, CHARLES JAMES (1806-1872)

lever, tocoastlands of the eastern Mediterranean See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea from See also:

• GREECE

Greece to See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, or, in a more restricted and commoner sense, to the Mediterranean coastlands of See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor and See also:

• SYRIA

Syria . In the 16th and 17th centuries the See also:

• TERM

term " High Levant" was used of the Far See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East . The phrase " to levant," meaning to See also:

• ABSCOND (Lat. abscondere, to hide, put away)

abscond, especially of one who runs away leaving debts unpaid, particularly of a betting See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man or gambler, is taken from the Span. levantar, to lift or break up, in such phrases as levantar la casa, to break up a See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household, or el campo, to break See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp .