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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
seize
v 1: take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk 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" [syn: seize, prehend, clutch]
2: take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the
politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian
hostages"
3: take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the
invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants";
"The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
[syn: appropriate, capture, seize, conquer]
4: 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" [syn: impound, attach, sequester,
confiscate, seize]
5: 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" [syn: assume, usurp, seize, take
over, arrogate]
6: hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish"
7: affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized
with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful
disease" [syn: seize, clutch, get hold of]
8: capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will
grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination" [syn: grab,
seize]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Seize \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.
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For by no means the high bank he could seize.
--Spenser.
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Seek you to seize and gripe into your hands
The royalties and rights of banished Hereford?
--Shak.
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2. To take possession of by force.
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At last they seize
The scepter, and regard not David's sons. --Milton.
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3. To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon
suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient.
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Hope and deubt alternate seize her seul. --Pope.
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4. (law) To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or
other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's
goods.
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5. To fasten; to fix. [Obs.]
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As when a bear hath seized her cruel claws
Upon the carcass of some beast too weak. --Spenser.
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6. To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly;
as, to seize an idea.
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7. (Naut.) To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small
stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.
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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.
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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 To seize upon, to fall on and grasp; to
take hold on; to take possession of suddenly and forcibly.
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Syn: To catch; grasp; clutch; snatch; apprehend; arrest;
take; capture.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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