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Contento 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.3 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adverb 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 External links 1.5 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Noun 2.1.2.1 Inflection 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Pronunciation 2.2.2 Verb 2.3 Etymology 3 2.3.1 Pronunciation 2.3.2 Verb 3 Dutch 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Noun 3.1.1.1 Derived terms 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Verb 4 French 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Verb 4.3.1 Antonyms 4.3.2 Related terms 4.3.3 Conjugation 4.4 Noun 4.5 Anagrams 5 Hungarian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Verb 6 Latin 6.1 Verb 7 Middle English 7.1 Adverb 8 Norwegian 8.1 Etymology 1 8.1.1 Noun 8.2 Etymology 2 8.2.1 Verb form 9 Old French 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Verb 9.2.1 Descendants 10 Swedish 10.1 Pronunciation 10.2 Etymology 1 10.2.1 Noun 10.3 Etymology 2 10.3.1 Verb form

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PronunciationModificar

• (UK) IPA: /ˈliː.və/, /ˈlɛ.və/, SAMPA: /li:"v@/, /lE"v@/

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• (CA, US) IPA: /ˈli.vɚ/, /ˈlɛ.vɚ/, SAMPA: /li:"v@`/, /lE"v@`/

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• Rhymes: -ɛvə(r), -iːvə(r)

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From Old French leveor, leveur (“‘a lifter, lever (also Old French and French levier)’”) < Latin levator (“‘a lifter’”) < levare, past part. levatus (“‘to raise’”); see levant. Cf. alleviate, elevate, leaven.

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Lever (plural Levers)

1. Patrono:Mechanics A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
   1. Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
2. A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a button)
3. Patrono:Mechanics A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
4. Patrono:Mechanics An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.

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to Lever (third-person singular simple present levers, present participle levering, simple past and past participle levered)

1. (transitive) To move with a lever.

   With great effort and a big crowbar I managed to lever the beam off the floor.

2. (figuratively) (transitive) To use, operate like a lever.
3. (especially UK, finance) To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
   • 1989 Jun 26, “Corporate America wants its privacy”, Minneapolis Star-Tribune:

     "The equity holders want you to 'lever up,' use as much debt as you can," said David Stanley, chairman of Kansas City-based Payless Cashways,</span>

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• leverage
• compound lever
• lever escapement
• lever jack
• lever watch
• universal lever

Etymology 2Modificar

From Middle English comparative of leve (“‘dear’”) of Germanic origin (cf. German lieb) or lief.

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Lever (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Rather.
   • 1530, John Heywood, The Four PP

     for I had lever be without ye / Then have suche besines about ye

   • 1537, William Tyndale et al, "Jonah", in The Byble

     Now therefore take my life from me, for I had lever die then live.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faery Queene

     For lever had I die than see his deadly face.

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• Dutch: eer(der)

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• Lever in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Lever in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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• elver
• revel

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Etymology 1Modificar

From Old Norse lifr.

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• IPA: /levər/, [lewˀɐ]

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Lever c. (singular definite Leveren, plural indefinite Levere)

1. liver

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Etymology 2Modificar

See leve (“‘to live’”).

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• IPA: /leːvər/, [ˈleːvɐ]

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Lever

1. Present of leve.

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See levere (“‘to deliver’”).

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• IPA: /lever/, [leˈveˀɐ]

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lever or levér

1. Imperative of levere.

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Germanic, cognate with liver, German Leber, Norwegian and Swedish lever etc.

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Lever (plural levers, diminutive levertje, diminutive plural levertjes) m. and f.

1. (anatomy) The organ liver
2. An edible animal liver as a dish or culinary ingredient

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• (by species) ganzenlever, kalfslever, kippenlever, rundslever, varkenslever
• leverbloem
• leverbotziekte
• leverextract n.
• leverkaas m.
• leverkleurig
• leverpastei
• levertraan m.
• levertumor
• leverworst
• leverziekte

Etymology 2Modificar

cognate with deliver, German liefern

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Lever

1. The first-person singular present indicative of leveren.
2. The imperative of leveren.

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From Latin lēvō (“‘to elevate’”) < levis (“‘light, not heavy’”)

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Patrono:Fr-verb

1. (transitive) to raise, to lift
2. Patrono:Reflexive to rise
3. Patrono:Reflexive to get up (out of bed)

   Je me lève, je me lave.

   I get up, I wash.

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• (to raise): baisser
• (to rise): s'abaisser
• (to get up): se coucher, s'allonger

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• levage m.
• levant, Levant, Levantin m.
• levé
• lève
• lève-Dieu
• levée
• se lever
• lever du soleil
• lève-tard
• leveur m.
• levure

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Patrono:Fr-conj-e-er

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Lever m. (plural Levers)

1. the act of getting up in the morning
2. Patrono:Rfc-sense the morning ritual, extremely elaborated in Versailles

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• lèvre

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Patrono:Hu-prefix

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• IPA: /ˈlɛvɛr/
• Hyphenation: le‧ver

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Lever

1. (transitive) To knock down

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lēver

1. first-person singular present Patrono:Conjugation tag pass subjunctive of lēvō.

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Lever

1. (obsolete) Rather.

   For him was lever have at his bed's head
   Twenty bookes, clad in black or red,
   . . . Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie. —The Cantebury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer

   But lever than this worldés good
   She would have wist how that it stood —Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins, John Gower.

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Etymology 1Modificar

Germanic, cognate with liver, Dutch lever, German Leber, Swedish lever

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Patrono:No-noun-m2

1. (anatomy) A liver

Etymology 2Modificar

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lever

1. present tense of leve

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Latin lēvō

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Lever

1. to lift (up)

DescendantsModificar

• French: lever

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Patrono:Sv-noun

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Etymology 1Modificar

Germanic, cognate with liver, Dutch lever, German Leber, Norwegian lever

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lever

1. (anatomy) A liver

Etymology 2Modificar

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lever

1. present tense of levade:lever

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