2. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army
by enrollment, conscription, etc.
Augustine . . . inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to
levy his power, and to war against them. --Fuller.
3. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority;
as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
If they do this . . . my ransom, then, Will soon be
levied. --Shak.
4. (Law)
(a) To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
(b) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to
raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a
nuisance, etc. [Obs.] --Cowell. --Blackstone.
(c) To take or seize on execution; to collect by
execution.
{To levy a fine}, to commence and carry on a suit for
assuring the title to lands or tenements. --Blackstone.
{To levy war}, to make or begin war; to take arms for attack;
to attack.
A levy of all the men left under sixty. --Thirlwall.
2. That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc. ``
The Irish levies.'' --Macaulay.
3. (Law) The taking or seizure of property on executions to
satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of
taxes; a collecting by execution.
{Levy in mass} [F. lev['e]e en masse], a requisition of all
able-bodied men for military service.
{To levy on goods and chattels}, to take into custody or
seize specific property in satisfaction of a writ.