transitive verb. To cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to. synonym: trouble.

transitive verb. To mar or otherwise treat (an object or fabric, for example) to give the appearance of an antique or of heavy prior use.

transitive verb. To constrain or overcome by harassment.

noun. Anxiety or mental suffering.

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noun. Bodily dysfunction or discomfort caused by disease or injury.

noun. Physical deterioration, as of a highway, caused by hard use over time.

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noun. The condition of being in need of immediate assistance.

noun. Suffering caused by poverty.

noun. The act of distraining or seizing goods to compel payment or other satisfaction for a debt or other duty owed; distraint.

To constrain or compel by pain, suffering, or force of circumstances.

To afflict with pain, physical or mental; oppress or crush with suffering, misfortune, or calamity; make miserable.

In law, to seize for debt; distrain. See distrain, 6.

noun. Constraint; restraint; forcible control; oppression.

noun. Compulsion; requirement.

noun. Pain or suffering of body or mind; great pain, anxiety, or grief.

noun. In general, a state of suffering or trouble; calamity; adversity; affliction; misery arising from want or misfortune.

noun. In law : The act of distraining. See distrain, 6.

noun. The common-law remedy by distraining.

noun. The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.

noun. In old Scots law, a pledge taken by the sheriff from those who came to fairs or markets for their good behavior, which at their close was delivered back if no harm had been done.

noun. Synonyms Grief, Sorrow, etc. See affliction.

noun. Hardship, straits, perplexity.

noun. Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind.

noun. That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.

noun. A state of danger or necessity

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noun. The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc.

noun. The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.

noun. See under Abuse.

transitive verb. To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.

transitive verb. To compel by pain or suffering.

transitive verb. To seize for debt; to distrain.

noun. discomfort.

noun. Serious danger.

noun. A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.

verb. To cause strain or anxiety to someone.

verb. To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.

verb. To treat an object, such as an antique, to give it an appearance of age.

noun. extreme physical pain

verb. cause mental pain to

verb. bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

noun. psychological suffering

noun. the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim

noun. a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)