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- English Word Distrained Definition of Distrain
- English Word Distrainer Definition Same as Distrainor.
- English Word Distraining Definition of Distrain
- English Word Distrainor Definition One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.
- English Word Distraint Definition The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.
- English Word Distrait Definition Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.
- English Word Distraught Definition of Distract
- English Word Distraught Definition Torn asunder; separated.
- English Word Distraught Definition Distracted; perplexed.
- English Word Distraughted Definition Distracted.
- English Word Distream Definition To flow.
- English Word Distress Definition Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.
- English Word Distress Definition That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
- English Word Distress Definition A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.
- English Word Distress Definition The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc.
- English Word Distress Definition The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
- English Word Distress Definition To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
- English Word Distress Definition To compel by pain or suffering.
- English Word Distress Definition To seize for debt; to distrain.
- English Word Distressed Definition of Distress
- English Word Distressedness Definition A state of being distressed or greatly pained.
- English Word Distressful Definition Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation.
- English Word Distressing Definition of Distress
- English Word Distressing Definition Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.
- English Word Distressing Definition In a distressing manner.
- English Word Distributable Definition Capable of being distributed.
- English Word Distributary Definition Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes; distributive.
- English Word Distribute Definition To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.
- English Word Distribute Definition To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice.
- English Word Distribute Definition To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.