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Seize
SEIZE, v.t.
1. To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold on; or to gripe or grasp suddenly. The tiger rushes from the thicket and seizes his prey. A dog seizes an animal by the throat. The hawk seizes a chicken with his claws. The officer seizes a theif.
2. To take possession by force, with or without right.
At last they seize The scepter, and regard not David's son. Milton.
3. To invade suddenly; to take hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient
And hope and doubt alternate seize her soul. Pope.
4. To take possession by virtue of a warrant or legal authority. The sherif seized the debtor's goods; the whole estate was seized and cofiscated. We say, to arrest a person, to seize goods.
5. To fasten; to fix. In seaman's language, to fasten two ropes or different parts oof one rope together with a cord.
To be seized of, to have possession; as a griffin seized of his prey. A B was seized and possessed of the manor of Dale.
To seize on or upon, is to fall on and grasp; to take hold on; to take possession.
seize appears in definitions for these words:
Accipiter Antepheptic Apprehend Apprehended Arrest Arrested Assume Attach Beard Betake Bit Bite Bitten Boatswain Booty Buckle But Caburns Captivate Captive Capture Catch Clutch Collar Collared Compass Compel Conceit Confiscate Corsair Courtesy Crimp Deprehend Deprehended Discerpible Disseize Distrain Distrained Distrainor Distress Embrace Embraced Endow Engrapple Engrasp Engross Epidemic Epilepsy Evade Excuss Fang Fasten Flocculent Foot Forehend Foreseize Grab Grapling Grapnel Grasp Grasped Grasper Gripe Hand Harpoon Harpy Have Hent Hold Hook Impress Impressed Ingrappled Intercept Intercepted Invade Kidnap Knab Lance Lay Lie Lock Mangle Mouth Nab Occupancy Occupy Panic Pirate Pliers Possess Pounce Prehensile Prensation Preoccupate Preoccupy Prey Primer-seizin Privateer Prize Prowl Quarantine Quivering Racer Rap Rapacious Rape Rapine Ravish Reprehend Reprisal Reseize Reseized Reseizer Revendicate Rifle Rifled Rifler Rob Robbed Scramble Scrip Secure Seize Seizer Seizor Seizure Sequester Sequestered Serve Share Shift Short Shuffle Snap Snapped Snatch Snatched Snatching Spoil Statics Swallow-wort Swarm Swoop Tackle Tackled Take Tantling Unseized Untaken Usurp Usurped Usurper Warrant Waylay Waylayer Wheresoever Whip Wrestle
Accipiter Antepheptic Apprehend Apprehended Arrest Arrested Assume Attach Beard Betake Bit Bite Bitten Boatswain Booty Buckle But Caburns Captivate Captive Capture Catch Clutch Collar Collared Compass Compel Conceit Confiscate Corsair Courtesy Crimp Deprehend Deprehended Discerpible Disseize Distrain Distrained Distrainor Distress Embrace Embraced Endow Engrapple Engrasp Engross Epidemic Epilepsy Evade Excuss Fang Fasten Flocculent Foot Forehend Foreseize Grab Grapling Grapnel Grasp Grasped Grasper Gripe Hand Harpoon Harpy Have Hent Hold Hook Impress Impressed Ingrappled Intercept Intercepted Invade Kidnap Knab Lance Lay Lie Lock Mangle Mouth Nab Occupancy Occupy Panic Pirate Pliers Possess Pounce Prehensile Prensation Preoccupate Preoccupy Prey Primer-seizin Privateer Prize Prowl Quarantine Quivering Racer Rap Rapacious Rape Rapine Ravish Reprehend Reprisal Reseize Reseized Reseizer Revendicate Rifle Rifled Rifler Rob Robbed Scramble Scrip Secure Seize Seizer Seizor Seizure Sequester Sequestered Serve Share Shift Short Shuffle Snap Snapped Snatch Snatched Snatching Spoil Statics Swallow-wort Swarm Swoop Tackle Tackled Take Tantling Unseized Untaken Usurp Usurped Usurper Warrant Waylay Waylayer Wheresoever Whip Wrestle
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