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levy
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Definition:1. an act of enlisting troops2. a body of enlisted troops
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I made his acquaintance in Tver when I was there on official business, and he came there for the levy of recruits.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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VOLTIMAND: Most fair return of greetings and desires.
Upon our first, he sent out to suppress
His nephew's levies; which to him appear'd
To be a preparation 'gainst the Polack;
William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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“The Emperor is to be here tomorrow . . . there’s to be an Extraordinary Meeting of the nobility, and they are talking of a levy of ten men per thousand. Oh yes, let me congratulate you!”
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace
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