Distrain
//dɪˈstɹeɪn//
"Distrain" in a Sentence (4 examples)
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
For that same net so cunningly was wound, / That neither guile, nor force might it distraine.
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