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vb<\/p><\/dt>\n

[Anglo-French destreindre<\/i>, literally, to constrict, force, from Old French, from Late Latin distringere<\/i> to hinder, punish, from Latin, to pull in different directions, distract, from dis<\/i>– apart + stringere<\/i> to draw tight]
vt<\/i>
1<\/b> :<\/b> to force or compel to satisfy an obligation by means of a distress
2<\/b> :<\/b> to seize by distress compare enter<\/a>
vi<\/i>
:<\/b> to levy a distress
dis·train·able adj<\/i>
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dis·train·er [-strā-nər]

or<\/i>
dis·train·or<\/b>
[di-strā-nər, dis-trā-nōr]
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n<\/i>
<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

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