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distraineth

distraineth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of distrain.

Meaning of distrain

Verb

distrain (third-person singular simple present distrains, present participle distraining, simple past and past participle distrained)

  1. (obsolete) To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.
    • But when he heard her answeres loth, he knew / Some secret sorrow did her heart distraine […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property.
    • to distrain a person by his goods and chattels
  3. (intransitive) To seize somebody's property in place of, or to force, payment of a debt.
    Synonyms:
    distress
  4. (obsolete) To pull off, tear apart.
    • For that same net so cunningly was wound, / That neither guile, nor force might it distraine.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin of distraineth

distrain + -eth

Questions about distraineth

What is distraineth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Distraineth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of distrain.

Words near distraineth in the dictionary

  1. distrained
  2. distrainee
  3. distrainees
  4. distrainer
  5. distrainers
  6. distraineth
  7. distraining
  8. distrainings
  9. distrainment
  10. distrainments
  11. distrainor

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