levulinic

[Eng. levulin; -ic.] (See the compound.) levulinic-acid, s. Chem.: CHO3. An acid obtained by heating a mixture of equal parts of cane-sugar, water, and sulphuric acid, on a salt bath for four days, and extracting by means of ether. It is soluble in water, alcohol, and ether, and its solutions are optically inactive. lěv-ỹ, v. t. [LEVY, 8.] I. Ordinary Language: *1. To desist from, to give up, to abandon. "Euphranor, having levied the siege from this one only, forthwith led his army to Demetrias."-P. Holland : Livy , p. 1,178. 2. To raise, to collect, to gather together, as a force of war. "Let's levy men, and beat him back again." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. 111., iv. 8. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; lewdly 3. To collect by a e ment; to raise, as a toll, a tax, a contribution, . "Taxes used to be levied upon the persons and goods of travelers, when they pa ed through certain manors."- Smith: Wealth of Nations , bk. iii., ch. iii. 4. To raise; to cause in any way. "A grace That, quite eclipsing pleasure's painted face, Levied a tax of wonder and applause." Cowper: Table Talk , 650. II. Law: 1. To raise, to erect; as, to levy a ditch, to levy a house. 2. To seize in execution or by way of distre ; as, to levy a distre . 1. To levy war: To raise or begin a war; to take up arms; to make an attack. "Yet the thought of war, which wise men saw actually levied upon the king already, was much abhorred."- Clarendon: Civil War , i. 693. 2. To levy a fine: To commence and carry on a suit for a uring the title to lands or tenements. ( Eng.)