Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LEV'EL, v.i.

1. To accord; to agree; to suit. [Little used.] Shak.
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. – Hooker.
4. To be aimed; to be in the same direction with the mark. He raised it till he level'd right. – Butler.
5. To aim; to make attempts. Ambitious York did level at thy crown. – Shak.
6. To conjecture; to attempt to guess. [Not used.] – Shak.