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lever (lev′ər, lē′vər)

noun

  1. a bar used as a pry
  2. a means to an end
  3. Mech. a device consisting of a bar turning about a fixed point, the fulcrum, using power or force applied at a second point to lift or sustain a weight at a third point; hence, any handle or the like used to operate something

Etymology: OFr leveour < lever, to raise < L levare < levis, light: see light

transitive verb

  1. to move, lift, etc. with or as with a lever
  2. to use as a lever

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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