To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.

To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the
operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the
usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.

To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army
by enrollment, conscription, etc.

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.

To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority;
as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.

To raise, as a siege.

That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.

A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia
to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at
eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.

The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy
judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by
execution.

To gather or exact; as, to levy money.