To wage war.
To raise, as a siege.
To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
To draft someone into military service.
To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
The tax, property or people so levied.
The act of levying.
To become made ready for war.
To make something mobile.
To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.