distrain
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Is distrain a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (obsolete) To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.Examples: "But when he heard her answeres loth, he knew / Some secret sorrow did her heart distraine […]"; "Thus spake the Prince, and gently 'gan distrain / Now him, now her, between his friendly arms."obsolete
2. (law, transitive, obsolete) To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property.Examples: "to distrain a person by his goods and chattels"obsoletetransitive
3. (law, intransitive) To seize somebody's property in place of, or to force, payment of a debt.Synonyms: distressintransitive
4. (obsolete) To pull off, tear apart.Examples: "For that same net so cunningly was wound, / That neither guile, nor force might it distraine."obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary