levy (v.) Copy link Outline I. To raise troopsII. To impose a tax1. exĭgo, 32. impĕro, 1 (to order to furnish • levy (v.): I. To raise troops: scrībo, etc.: v. to enlist. II. To impose a tax: 1. exĭgo, 3: v. to exact. 2. impĕro, 1 (to order to furnish: with dat. of person and acc. of thing): he l.s the utmost possible number of troops of the whole province, toti provinciae quam maximum militum numerum imperat, Caes. B. G. 1, 7: so, imp. civitatibus obsides, id. 7, 64. See also to impose.