English Dictionary

distrain

IPA（発音記号）

/dɪˈstɹeɪn/

動詞

廃用 他動詞 自動詞

(obsolete) To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress. / (law, transitive, obsolete) To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property.

日本語の意味

（古語）絞め付ける、押し付ける、抱きしめる、制圧する / （法律用語、他動詞）財産を差し押さえることにより、強制的に何かをさせる

He would distrain her hand in his, as if afraid to let go.

彼は彼女の手を自分の手にぎゅっと握りしめ、離すのを恐れているかのようだった。

意味（1）

(obsolete) To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.

But when he heard her answeres loth, he knew / Some secret sorrow did her heart distraine […]

意味（2）

(law, transitive, obsolete) To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property.

to distrain a person by his goods and chattels

意味（3）

(law, intransitive) To seize somebody's property in place of, or to force, payment of a debt.

意味（4）

(obsolete) To pull off, tear apart.

For that same net so cunningly was wound, / That neither guile, nor force might it distraine.

distrains （ present singular third-person ）

distraining （ participle present ）

distrained （ participle past ）

distrained （ past ）