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17:58 Jan 2, 2010 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] History / McKinley's War message, 1898 | |||||||
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4 +13 | sending additional fresh troops |
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"...by the dispatch of fresh levies to cuba and..." sending additional fresh troops Explanation: Levies are usually newly recruited troops. To dispatch troops is to send them somewhere. It means several things in English too: lev·y (lv) v. lev·ied, lev·y·ing, lev·ies v.tr. 1. To impose or collect (a tax, for example). 2. To draft into military service. 3. To declare and wage (a war). (online Thesaurus) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 mins (2010-01-02 18:09:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I meant to say the "to levy" has several meanings. |
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