ils levèrent

raised, lifted, got up, stood up, flushed out

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lev to raise; to lift + èrent 3rd person plural past historic
verb · 3rd-person plural, past tense Rare #42,762
raised, lifted This is a literary past-tense form, mostly encountered in writing.
FR: Ils levèrent les yeux vers le ciel.
EN: They raised their eyes to the sky.
got up, stood up Used with se, as in se levèrent.
FR: Ils se levèrent tôt ce matin.
EN: They got up early this morning.
flushed out Used when driving an animal out of its hiding place.
FR: Les chiens levèrent le renard de sa cachette.
EN: The dogs flushed the fox out of its hiding place.
Conjugation of lever
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third leva levèrent

Mr. Fogg, Mrs. Aouda, Fix levèrent la tête.

Mr. Fogg, Mrs. Aouda, and Fix looked up.

Ils levèrent les yeux vers le ciel.

They looked up at the sky.

Ils se levèrent tous en même temps.

They all stood up at the same time.

L'un après l'autre, ils se levèrent et s'en allèrent.

One after another, they got up and left.

Les joueurs se levèrent.

The players stood up.

Les chiens levèrent le renard de sa cachette.

The dogs lifted the fox from its hiding place.