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levable (s.xiiiex)
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levable (s.xiiiex)

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  FEW:  levare 5,280a Gdf:  levable 4,767a GdfC: ∅ TL: levable 5,353 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  levable  TLF: ∅ OED:  levable adj.  / leviable adj.  MED:  levable adj. 1  DMLBS: ∅

a.

1taxleviable, due: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  les arrerages [...] sont levables saunz delai de ceux qe les i mistrent  Mir Just 158
( 1380 )  toutes les deniers a nous duz deinz vostre bailliee et receite et queles sont levables a nostre oeps  GAUNT2 i 138
( 1386 )  les avant ditz quatre centz marcz annuels [...] levables et demandables des custumes  Rot Parl1 iii 219
2liable to raise: 
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Qui d'orguil fait son cuer lever, Dieus contre luy se fait levable  GOWER Mirour 1869

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See also:

lever1  lever2 
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