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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).
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to seize or attach property by judicial order.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English leve(e) < Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of lever to raise < Latin levāre, akin to levis light; compare levee2
1375–1425; late Middle English leve(e) < Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of lever to raise < Latin levāre, akin to levis light; compare levee2
Related forms
re·lev·y, verb (used with object), -lev·ied, -lev·y·ing.
self-lev·ied, adjective
un·lev·ied, adjective
Synonyms
6. draft, enlist, callup.
6. draft, enlist, callup.
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Word Origin & History
levy
1227, "act of raising or collecting," from Anglo-Fr. leve, from O.Fr. levée "act of raising," noun use of fem. pp. of lever "to raise" (see lever). Originally of taxes, later of men for armies (1500). The noun meaning "an act of levying" is from 1427.
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Bible Dictionary
Levy definition
(1 Kings 4:6, R.V.; 5:13), forced service. The service of tributaries was often thus exacted by kings. Solomon raised a "great levy" of 30,000 men, about two per cent. of the population, to work for him by courses on Lebanon. Adoram (12:18) presided over this forced labour service (Ger. Frohndienst; Fr. corvee).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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