Definition of levy

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Levy (v. t.) To raise, as a siege..

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Leave :: Leave (v. t.) To raise; to levy.
Replevin :: Replevin (v. t.) To replevy.
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
Cosher :: Cosher (v. t.) To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of. See Coshering.
Levy :: Levy (n.) A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To gather or exact; as, to levy money..
Levynite :: Levynite (n.) A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite..
Levy :: Levy (n.) That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc..
Levee En Masse :: Levee en masse () See Levy in mass, under Levy, n..
Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To bail.
Levyne :: Levyne (n.) Alt. of Levynit.
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise, as a siege..
Replevying :: Replevying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Replev.
Distrain :: Distrain (v. i.) To levy a distress.
Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied..
Impose :: Impose (v. t.) To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute..
War :: War (n.) A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions..
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