LEV'EL, a. [Eng. sleek. L. libella, libra, belong to the root.] 1. Horizontal; coinciding with the plane of the horizon. To be perfectly level is to be exactly horizontal.2. Even; flat; not having one part higher than another; not ascending or descending; as a level plain or field; level ground; a level floor or pavement. In common usage, level is often applied to surfaces that are not perfectly horizontal, but which have no inequalities of magnitude.3. Even with any thing else; of the same height; on the same line or plane.4. Equal in rank or degree; having no degree of superiority.Be level in preferments, and you will soon be level in your learning.LEV'EL, v.t. 1. To make horizontal.2. To make even; to reduce or remove inequalities of surface in any thing; as, to level a road or walk.3. To reduce or bring to the same height with something else.And their proud structures level with the ground.4. To lay flat; to reduce to an even surface or plain.he levels mountains, and he raises plains.5. To reduce to equality of condition, state or degree; as, to level all ranks and degrees of men.6. To point, in taking aim; to elevate or depress so as to direct a missile weapon to an object; to aim; as, to level a cannon or musket.7. To aim; to direct; as severe remarks leveled at the vices and follies of the age.8. To suit; to proportion; as, to level observations to the capacity of children.LEV'EL, v.i. 1. To accord; to agree; to suit. [Little used.]2. To aim at; to point a gun or an arrow to the mark.3. To aim at; to direct the view or purpose.The glory of God and the good of his church, ought to be the mark at which we level.4. To be aimed; to be in the same direction with the mark.He raised it till he level'd right.5. To aim; to make attempts.Ambitious York did level at thy crown.6. To conjecture; to attempt to guess. [Not used.]LEV'EL, n. 1. A horizontal line, or a plane; a surface without inequalities.2. Rate; standard; usual elevation; customary height; as the ordinary level of the world.3. Equal elevation with something else; a state of equality.Providence, for the most part, sets us on a level.4. The line of direction in which a missile weapon is aimed.5. An instrument in mechanics by which to find or draw a horizontal line, as in setting buildings, or in making canals and drains. The instruments for these purposes are various; as the air level, the carpenter's level, the mason's level, and the gunner's level.6. Rule; plan; scheme: borrowed from the mechanic's level.Be the fair level of thy actions laid. -
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