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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Levy \Lev"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Levied} (l[e^]v"[i^]d); p.
pr & vb n. {Levying}.]
1. To raise, as a siege. [Obs.] --Holland.
2. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army
by enrollment, conscription, etc
Augustine . . . inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to
levy his power, and to war against them --Fuller.
3. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority;
as to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
If they do this . . . my ransom, then, Will soon be
levied. --Shak.
4. (Law)
a To gather or exact; as to levy money.
b To erect, build, or set up to make or construct; to
raise or cast up as to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a
nuisance, etc [Obs.] --Cowell. --Blackstone.
c To take or seize on execution; to collect by
execution.
{To levy a fine}, to commence and carry on a suit for
assuring the title to lands or tenements. --Blackstone.
{To levy war}, to make or begin war; to take arms for attack;
to attack.
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