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lev·y    Audio Help   [lev-ee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural lev·ies, verb, lev·ied, lev·y·ing.
–noun
1.an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
2.the amount owed or collected.
3.the conscription of troops.
4.the troops conscripted.
–verb (used with object)
5.to impose (a tax): to levy a duty on imports.
6.to conscript (troops).
7.to start or wage (war).
–verb (used without object)
8.to seize or attach property by judicial order.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME leve(e) < MF, n. use of fem. ptp. of lever to raise < L levāre, akin to levis light; cf. levee2]

—Synonyms 6. draft, enlist, callup.
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