Definitions
1.verbTo impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property."to levy a tax"
2.verbTo raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
3.verbTo draft someone into military service.
4.verbTo raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
5.verbTo wage war.
6.verbTo raise, as a siege.
7.verbTo erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up."to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc."