A surname from Irish. / A Jewish surname from Hebrew. / A male given name

present participle of levy

The act by which something is levied.

To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property. / To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority. / To draft someone into military service.

The act of levying. / The tax, property or people so levied.

(US, obsolete, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia) The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.

plural of levying

simple past tense and past participle of levy

The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah. / One of the Biblical tribes of Israelites, descended from Levi; the tribe from which priests were selected. / A male given name from Hebrew.

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