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distrain
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Çeviriler
fiil
- distrain Law
- distraining Law
- distrains Law
- in. General
Tanımlar (İngilizce)
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fiil
To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.
“But when he heard her answeres loth, he knew / Some secret sorrow did her heart distraine […]”
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fiil
To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property.
“to distrain a person by his goods and chattels”
- fiil To seize somebody's property in place of, or to force, payment of a debt.
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fiil
To pull off, tear apart.
“For that same net so cunningly was wound, / That neither guile, nor force might it distraine.”