English to English Dictionary -distrains

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

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

Distrain :: Distrain (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..

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

Distrain :: Distrain (v. i.) To levy a distress.

Distrainable :: Distrainable (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained..

Distrained :: Distrained (imp. & p. p.) of Distrai.

Distrainer :: Distrainer (n.) Same as Distrainor.

Distraining :: Distraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distrai.

Distrainor :: Distrainor (n.) One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.

Distraint :: Distraint (n.) The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.

Distrait :: Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.

Redistrainer :: Redistrainer (n.) One who distrains again.