[dis.train] vb [ME distreynen, fr. OF destreindre, fr. ML distringere, fr. L, to draw apart, detain, fr. dis- + stringere to bind tight--more at strain] vt (14c) 1: to force or compel to satisfy an obligation by means of a distress
2: to seize by distress ~ vi: to levy a distress -- dis.train.able adj -- dis.train.er or dis.train.or n