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distrain

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8 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈstɹeɪn/Part of speech verbSorted adiinrstStarts with DEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. legally take something in place of a debt payment

Word origin

From Middle English distreynen, from Old French destraindre, from Latin distringō (“to pull asunder”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō (“to draw tight, strain”).

Used in a sentence

  • But when he heard her answeres loth, he knew / Some secret sorrow did her heart distraine […]
  • Thus spake the Prince, and gently 'gan distrain / Now him, now her, between his friendly arms.
  • to distrain a person by his goods and chattels

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