Levy

leV i, v.t to raise to collect by authority, as an army nr a tax pr.fi. lev 'y mg pa and Pa.p. lev'ied — the act of collecting by authority the troops so collected. [Fr. lever— L. leva, to make light or raise levis, light Lewd, Iud or adj ignorant, vicious, or bad, so in B. lustful: licentious: unchaste: debauched —adv. Lewdly. ~v. Lewd'ne . fA.S. hewed, lay, belonging to the laity, either the pa.fi, of the verb lanvan to weaken, and so meaning weak, simple, untaught, or from lcod, the people. See Laity.] Lexicographer, leks-i-kog'ra-fcr, n one skilled m lexicography or the art of compiling diciionaiics. Lexicography, leks-i-kng'ra-fi, u the ait of writing a dictionary —adjs. Lexicograpb/ic Lexicographical. [Gr. lexikon and grafiho, to wn u took %y. Lexicologist, leks-i-kol'o-jist, n one skilled m Lexicology, leks>i-kol'o-ji, n. that branch of philology which treats of the proper signilii atinn and use of words [Gr. lexis, and logos, a discouisc or treatise Lexicon, leks'i-kon, u a word-book or dictionary. —adj, Lex'ical, belonging to a lexicon. [Gr. lexikon— lexis, a woid lego, to speak Ley. 15, Same as Lea. Liability, li-a-bil'i-ti, «. state of being liable or responsible.