Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to levy
Participle: levied
Gerund: levying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | levy |
| you | levy |
| he;she;it | levies |
| we | levy |
| you | levy |
| they | levy |
Perfect
| I | have levied |
| you | have levied |
| he;she;it | has levied |
| we | have levied |
| you | have levied |
| they | have levied |
Past
| I | levied |
| you | levied |
| he;she;it | levied |
| we | levied |
| you | levied |
| they | levied |
Pluperfect
| I | had levied |
| you | had levied |
| he;she;it | had levied |
| we | had levied |
| you | had levied |
| they | had levied |
Future
| I | will levy |
| you | will levy |
| he;she;it | will levy |
| we | will levy |
| you | will levy |
| they | will levy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have levied |
| you | will have levied |
| he;she;it | will have levied |
| we | will have levied |
| you | will have levied |
| they | will have levied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | levy |
| you | levy |
| he;she;it | levy |
| we | levy |
| you | levy |
| they | levy |
Perfect
| I | have levied |
| you | have levied |
| he;she;it | have levied |
| we | have levied |
| you | have levied |
| they | have levied |
Imperfect
| I | levied |
| you | levied |
| he;she;it | levied |
| we | levied |
| you | levied |
| they | levied |
Pluperfect
| I | had levied |
| you | had levied |
| he;she;it | had levied |
| we | had levied |
| you | had levied |
| they | had levied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would levy |
| you | would levy |
| he;she;it | would levy |
| we | would levy |
| you | would levy |
| they | would levy |
Perfect
| I | would have levied |
| you | would have levied |
| he;she;it | would have levied |
| we | would have levied |
| you | would have levied |
| they | would have levied |
Imperative
| you | levy |
| we | Let's levy |
| you | levy |
Verbs conjugated like 'levy'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'levy'
leve,
ley,
bevvy,
bivy,
bleve,
blevey,
chevy,
defy,
deny,
divy,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1227, "act of raising or collecting," from Anglo-Fr.
leve, from O.Fr.
levée "act of raising," noun use of fem. pp. of
lever "to raise" (see lever). Originally of taxes, later of men for armies (1500). The noun meaning "an act of levying" is from 1427.
2. From Anglo-Norman leve, from Old French levee, from
3. lever (“to raise”), from Latin lēvāre (“to raise, lift”). See: Latin '
lēvō'.
Sample Sentences
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to levy a tax
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In August, the company also announced that it would begin to levy fines on other vendors on its platform who over-package their products. [2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian:]
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If they do this […] my ransom, then, / Will soon be levied. [1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:]
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Augustine […] inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to levy his power, and to war against them. [1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):]
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Albeit hee saw that the siege was levied [1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “(please specify the book number)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC:]
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The new levying or inhancing of Weares Mills [1619, Michael Dalton, The Countrey Justice:]