U.S. [f. LEVEE sb.1] trans. To raise a levee or embankment along (a river); to raise levees or embankments in (a district).
1858. De Bow’s Review, Oct. (Bartlett). How are we to be protected [from overflow]? By leveeing.
1877. Burroughs, Taxation, 75. An act incorporated certain persons for the purpose of leveeing and draining a district.
