Distrains

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  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distrain.
  • Word Usage
    "You may view them also in the light of establishments for the manufacture and distribution of domestic perfumery, payment for which is never exacted at the moment of its involuntary purchase, but is left to be collected by a doctor, -- who calls upon you during the winter, levies on you with a lancet, and distrains upon your viscera with a compound cathartic pill."
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    repossess    reclaim    impose    Levy    sequester   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rend    tear    coerce    distress   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts