distrain

English - Turkish

Definition of distrain in English Turkish dictionary: borç yüzünden bir kimsenin eşyasına el koymak veya hac- zetmek; zapt etmek; haciz koymak; haczetmek; el koymak; distrainable haczolunabilir; distrainor haciz veya el koyan kimse; distrain haczet; distraint haciz veya el koyma; (Ticaret) haciz
distrain on: haczetmek
distrain on: el koymak
distrain on: rehin tutmak
distrain up: el koymak
distrain up: haczetmek
distrainer: {i} teminât alan kimse
distrainer: {i} haciz koyan kimse

English - English

Definition of distrain in English English dictionary: To pull off, tear apart
For that same net so cunningly was wound, / That neither guile, nor force might it distraine.; To squeeze, press; to constrain, oppress
But when he heard her answeres loth, he knew / Some secret sorrow did her heart distraine .; To seize somebody's property in place of, or to force, payment of a debt; To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property; to subject a person to distress; {v} to seize, to seize goods for debt; To rend; to tear; levy a distress on; To seize somebodys property in place of or to force, payment of a debt; legally take something in place of a debt payment; To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a person by his goods and chattels; {f} foreclose on property, take property in payment for debts; to take by distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an amercement; To levy a distress; legally take something in place of a debt payment confiscate by distress levy a distress on; confiscate by 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; poind
distrainer: {i} forecloser, person who takes property in payment for debts
distrainer: Same as Distrainor

distrain

Hyphenation

dis·train

Synonyms

distress

Pronunciation

Etymology

() From Old French destraindre, from Latin distringere (“to pull asunder, stretch out, engage, hinder, molest, Medieval Latin also compel, coerce as by exacting a pledge by a fine or by imprisonment”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringere (“to draw tight, strain”).