DISTRAIN


Meaning of DISTRAIN in English

verb see: strain Date: 14th century transitive verb to force or compel to satisfy an obligation by means of a distress, to seize by distress, intransitive verb to levy a distress, ~able adjective ~er also ~or noun

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