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(1):

(v. t.) To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an amercement.

(2):

(v. t.) To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict.

(3):

(v. t.) To rend; to tear.

(4):

(v. t.) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a person by his goods and chattels.

(5):

(v. i.) To levy a distress.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Distrain'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/distrain.html. 1828.
 
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