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lev·y    Audio Help   [lev-ee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural lev·ies, verb, lev·ied, lev·y·ing.
–noun
1.an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
2.the amount owed or collected.
3.the conscription of troops.
4.the troops conscripted.
–verb (used with object)
5.to impose (a tax): to levy a duty on imports.
6.to conscript (troops).
7.to start or wage (war).
–verb (used without object)
8.to seize or attach property by judicial order.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME leve(e) < MF, n. use of fem. ptp. of lever to raise < L levāre, akin to levis light; cf. levee2]

—Synonyms 6. draft, enlist, callup.
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lev·y    Audio Help   (lěv'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   lev·ied, lev·y·ing, lev·ies

v.   tr.
  1. To impose or collect (a tax, for example).
  2. To draft into military service.
  3. To declare and wage (a war).

v.   intr.
To confiscate property, especially in accordance with a legal judgment.

n.   pl. lev·ies
  1. The act or process of levying.
  2. Money, property, or troops levied.


[Middle English levien, from leve, levy, tax, from Old French levee, from feminine past participle of lever, to raise; see lever.]

lev'i·er n.
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