: to preserve (wood) by steeping in a solution of corrosive sublimate.

What does Levat mean?

It is borrowed from the French levant 'rising', referring to the rising of the sun in the east, or the point where the sun rises. The phrase is ultimately from the Latin word levare, meaning 'lift, raise'.

What does incapacitates mean?

: deprived of capacity or natural power : made incapable of or unfit for normal functioning …