Definition of distrain
English to English verb - levy a distress on
source: WordNet 3.0 - confiscate by distress
source: WordNet 3.0 - legally take something in place of a debt payment
source: WordNet 3.0 - To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict.
source: Webster 1913 - To levy a distress.
source: Webster 1913
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distrain, disturn, distream, disthrone, dextrin, disadorn, diestrum, dictatorian, dexedrine, doughtren, decadron, docudrama, digitorium, decahedron, dodecahedron
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