levy
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8.0
- noun
- /ˈlɛvi/
- Archaic
:
leva
- Many young men were drafted as part of the levy to strengthen the armed forces.
Examples
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The government announced a new levy to recruit soldiers for the upcoming conflict.
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Boys, my sense of it is we have enough here to fill the county levy, and it's a fight we ought to make.
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My sense is that enough of us will join up to fill the county's levy.
Fiction book (1992) -
Along with the professional warriors of his household, he would have brought the levy of free-born South Saxon farmers.
Blog text (15) -
I'm helping to raise New York's militia to fill the Crown's levy.
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During the war, there was a mandatory levy for all eligible men to join the military.
Synonyms
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8.2
A system that by law makes people serve in the military
To call many people who are not soldiers into the army during an emergency
Compounds
- Archaic
To call many people who are not soldiers into the army during an emergency
How Compulsory
Surface Forms
Etymology
Levy comes from the Latin word levare meaning 'to raise', the same idea you see in elevate. So a levy of soldiers is people 'raised' or gathered by order for military service.