distrain (v.) Old form(s): distraynd, distrayn'd
seize, confiscate, commandeer
1H6 I.iii.61[Gloucester to Mayor] Beaufort ... / Hath here distrained the Tower to his use
R2 II.iii.130[Bolingbroke to York] My father's goods are all distrained and sold
R3 V.iii.323[King Richard to his army, of the enemy] You having lands, and ... beauteous wives, / They would distrain the one, distain the other [F, Q restrain]
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