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      distrain
      verb
      legally take something in place of a debt payment
      confiscate by distress
      levy a distress on
      Roots
      disdi- · Latin · apart, forciblystringerestrain- · Latin · to draw tight, bind
      Words related to distrain
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      Where does distrain come from?

      The word distrain breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: di-, from Latin dis (“apart, forcibly”); and strain, from Latin stringere (“to draw tight, bind”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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