Distrain

/dɪˈstɹeɪn/

Synonyms for "distrain" (18 found)

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But when he heard her answeres loth, he knew / Some secret sorrow did her heart distraine […]

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Thus spake the Prince, and gently 'gan distrain / Now him, now her, between his friendly arms.

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to distrain a person by his goods and chattels

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For that same net so cunningly was wound, / That neither guile, nor force might it distraine.

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