level adj

OFr livel.

  1. Horizontal; parallel; equal in rank; [fig.] steady; constant; incessant; perpetual.

level [-ed, levelled] v

see level, adj.

  1. Efface; wear down; make smooth; remove obstacles from; change from rough to plain; transform from difficult to easy (see Isaiah 40:4).
  2. Aim; point at horizontally; identify as a target; line up to shoot at.