DISTRAIN
\dɪstɹˈe͡ɪn], \dɪstɹˈeɪn], \d_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of DISTRAIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict.
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To rend; to tear.
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To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a person by his goods and chattels.
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To levy a distress.
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To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict.
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To rend; to tear.
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To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a person by his goods and chattels.
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To levy a distress.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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