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levied |
1 definition found 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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