vt to raise, as a siege.
2. levy ·vt to gather or exact; as, to levy money.
3. levy ·noun that which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, ·etc.
4. levy ·vt to take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
5. levy ·noun the act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, ·etc.
6. levy ·vt to raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
7. levy ·vt to erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, ·etc.
8. levy ·vt to raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, ·etc.
9. levy ·noun the taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
10. levy ·noun a name formerly given in pennsylvania, maryland, and virginia to the spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
11. levy ·vi to seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in england, is by seizing the goods.