About The Word Seize
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Seize Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Seize?
[v] capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
[v] affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unberable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease" [v] take hold of; grab; "The salesclerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals" [v] take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages" [v] hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish" [v] take possession of without permission or take with force, as after a conquest or invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" [v] take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork" [v] seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" Synonyms | Synonyms for Seize: appropriate | arrogate | assume | attach | capture | clutch | clutch | confiscate | conquer | get hold of | grab | impound | prehend | sequester | take over | usurp Related Terms | Find terms related to Seize: See Also | abduct | annex | apprehend | arrest | capture | carry | catch | clasp | claw | clench | clinch | collar | commandeer | cop | distrain | fascinate | garnishee | get | get hold of | grab | grapple | grip | highjack | hijack | hook | intrigue | kidnap | nab | nail | nobble | overcome | overpower | overtake | overwhelm | pick up | pirate | preoccupy | rack | raid | raven | snap | snatch | snatch up | sweep over | take | take | take hold of | whelm | wrest Seize In Webster's Dictionary \Seize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seized}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Seizing}.] [OE. seisen, saisen, OF. seisir, saisir, F.
saisir, of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. set. The meaning
is properly, to set, put, place, hence, to put in possession
of. See {Set}, v. t.]
1. To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or
grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.
For by no means the high bank he could seize.
--Spenser.
Seek you to seize and gripe into your hands The
royalties and rights of banished Hereford? --Shak.
2. To take possession of by force.
At last they seize The scepter, and regard not
David's sons. --Milton.
3. To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon
suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient.
Hope and deubt alternate seize her seul. --Pope.
4. (law) To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or
other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's
goods.
5. To fasten; to fix. [Obs.]
As when a bear hath seized her cruel claws Upon the
carcass of some beast too weak. --Spenser.
6. To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly;
as, to seize an idea.
7. (Naut.) To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small
stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.
Note: This word, by writers on law, is commonly written
seise, in the phrase to be seised of (an estate), as
also, in composition, disseise, disseisin.
{To be seized of}, to have possession, or right of
possession; as, A B was seized and possessed of the manor
of Dale. ``Whom age might see seized of what youth made
prize.'' --Chapman.
{To seize on} or {upon}, to fall on and grasp; to take hold
on; to take possession of suddenly and forcibly.
Syn: To catch; grasp; clutch; snatch; apprehend; arrest;
take; capture.
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