"Distrain" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
To take as a pledge prop-erty of another, and keep the same until he performs his obligation or until the property is replevied by the sheriff. It was used to secure an appearance in court, paymeut of reut, performance of services, etc. 3 Bl. Comm. 231; Fltzh. Nat. Brev. 32, B, C, 223. Boyd v. Howden, 3 Daly (N. Y.) 457; Byers v. Ferguson, 41 or. 77, 68 Pac. 5
To levy a distress.
To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with
violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment,
or afflict.
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.
To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a
person by his goods and chattels.
To rend; to tear.
No human heart is denied empathy. No religion can demolish that by indoctrination. No culture, no nation and nationalism - nothing can touch it because it is empathy.
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To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.
Read the complete definitionTo inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously; to torment.
Read the complete definitionGrievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. -- Af*flict\"ing*ly, adv.
Read the complete definitionThe state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.
Read the complete definitionThe cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain …
Read the complete definitionGiving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.
Read the complete definitionTo make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress.
Read the complete definitionIn fendal law, orlglnally mere benevolences granted by a tenant to his lord, In times of distress; but at length …
Read the complete definitionv. /MANG-:-EN/ to save, rescue, deliver from distress; to help, succor; to give aid to; to take, get. Inka alawen …
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Read the complete definitionTo distress with extreme pain or grief.
Read the complete definitionExtreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
Read the complete definitionGreat or extreme pain, ag-ony, or distress, either of body or mind; but
Read the complete definitionA state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium.
Read the complete definitionv. /-UM-/ to feel strongly, be affected or attacked by (illness, emotional distress, etc.). No malagip ko ni nanang ko, …
Read the complete definitionaróy - An exclamation of pain and suffering: Oh, dear me! The verb is pangaróy—to cry out in pain, etc. …
Read the complete definitionTo give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.
Read the complete definitionThe defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking.
Read the complete definitionCausing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant.
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