Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to distrain
Participle: distrained
Gerund: distraining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | distrain |
| you | distrain |
| he;she;it | distrains |
| we | distrain |
| you | distrain |
| they | distrain |
Perfect
| I | have distrained |
| you | have distrained |
| he;she;it | has distrained |
| we | have distrained |
| you | have distrained |
| they | have distrained |
Past
| I | distrained |
| you | distrained |
| he;she;it | distrained |
| we | distrained |
| you | distrained |
| they | distrained |
Pluperfect
| I | had distrained |
| you | had distrained |
| he;she;it | had distrained |
| we | had distrained |
| you | had distrained |
| they | had distrained |
Future
| I | will distrain |
| you | will distrain |
| he;she;it | will distrain |
| we | will distrain |
| you | will distrain |
| they | will distrain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have distrained |
| you | will have distrained |
| he;she;it | will have distrained |
| we | will have distrained |
| you | will have distrained |
| they | will have distrained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | distrain |
| you | distrain |
| he;she;it | distrain |
| we | distrain |
| you | distrain |
| they | distrain |
Perfect
| I | have distrained |
| you | have distrained |
| he;she;it | have distrained |
| we | have distrained |
| you | have distrained |
| they | have distrained |
Imperfect
| I | distrained |
| you | distrained |
| he;she;it | distrained |
| we | distrained |
| you | distrained |
| they | distrained |
Pluperfect
| I | had distrained |
| you | had distrained |
| he;she;it | had distrained |
| we | had distrained |
| you | had distrained |
| they | had distrained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would distrain |
| you | would distrain |
| he;she;it | would distrain |
| we | would distrain |
| you | would distrain |
| they | would distrain |
Perfect
| I | would have distrained |
| you | would have distrained |
| he;she;it | would have distrained |
| we | would have distrained |
| you | would have distrained |
| they | would have distrained |
Imperative
| you | distrain |
| we | Let's distrain |
| you | distrain |
Verbs conjugated like 'distrain'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'distrain'
distain,
mistrain,
destain,
detrain,
disdain,
disentrain,
disordain,
distract,
restrain,
strain,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English distreynen, from Old French destraindre, from Latin distringō (“to pull asunder”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō (“to draw tight, strain”). See: Old French '
destraindre', Latin '
distringō'.
Sample Sentences
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But when he heard her answeres loth, he knew / Some secret sorrow did her heart distraine […] [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]
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Thus spake the Prince, and gently 'gan distrain / Now him, now her, between his friendly arms. [1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XII, xii]
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to distrain a person by his goods and chattels
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For that same net so cunningly was wound, / That neither guile, nor force might it distraine. [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]