| 释义 |
levying, vbl. n.|ˈlɛvɪɪŋ|
[f. levy v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. levy in its various senses.
1496–7Act 12 Hen. VII, c. 12 §5 Then the levyeng and payment of the seid xvme..[shall be] put in suspence. 1548Edw. VI Jrnl. in Lit. Rem. (Roxb.) II. 223 [Thei] levied their siege, in the month of September; in the levieng of wich ther cam [etc.]. 1587Queen Elizabeth in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 225 That ye do assist the said Captains in the levying of their bands. 1712Prideaux Direc. Ch.-wardens (ed. 4) 51 The levying and disposing of them [the Rates]. 1769Blackstone Comm. IV. 82 To resist the king's forces by defending a castle against them, is a levying of war. 1815Elphinstone Acc. Caubul (1842) I. 229 The levying fixed proportions of troops or money, or both, from each tribe. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) IV. 160 The levying or suffering any such fines or recoveries. 1828–40Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) I. 222 Opponents to the regular levying of the tithes.
†b. gerundially with omission of prep.
1642Roy. Comm. in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 527 There are now at or near..London great forces levying and moneys raising. |