1. seize(v = verb.contact) clutch, prehend - 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"
is one way to get hold of, take
Derived form noun seizing2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something
2. seize(v = verb.contact) Array - take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"
is one way to get hold of, take
Derived forms noun seizer1, noun seizure3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
3. seize(v = verb.possession) appropriate, capture, conquer - 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"
is one way to arrogate, assume, seize, take over, usurp
Derived form noun seizure2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody
4. seize(v = verb.possession) attach, confiscate, impound, sequester - 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"
is one way to take
Derived form noun seizure4
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
5. seize(v = verb.possession) arrogate, assume, take over, usurp - 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"
is one way to take
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
6. seize(v = verb.contact) Array - hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish"
is one way to hook
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
7. seize(v = verb.cognition) clutch, get hold of - affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
is one way to overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
8. seize(v = verb.cognition) grab - capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
is one way to fascinate, intrigue
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
1. To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp. [1913 Webster]
"For by no means the high bank he could seize." [1913 Webster]
"Seek you to seize and gripe into your hands
The royalties and rights of banished Hereford?" [1913 Webster]
2. To take possession of by force. [1913 Webster]
"At last they seize
The scepter, and regard not David's sons." [1913 Webster]
3. To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient. [1913 Webster]
"Hope and deubt alternate seize her seul." [1913 Webster]
4. To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods. [1913 Webster]
5. To fasten; to fix. [1913 Webster]
"As when a bear hath seized her cruel claws
Upon the carcass of some beast too weak." [1913 Webster]
6. To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea. [1913 Webster]
7. To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes. [1913 Webster]
" 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." [1913 Webster]
seize, v.
1 tr. take hold of forcibly or suddenly.
2 tr. take possession of forcibly (seized the fortress; seized power).
3 tr. take possession of (contraband goods, documents, etc.) by warrant or legal right, confiscate, impound.
4 tr. affect suddenly (panic seized us; was seized by apoplexy; was seized with remorse).
5 tr. take advantage of (an opportunity).
6 tr. comprehend quickly or clearly.
7 intr. (usu. foll. by on, upon) a take hold forcibly or suddenly. b take advantage eagerly (seized on a pretext).
8 intr. (usu. foll. by up) (of a moving part in a machine) become stuck or jammed from undue heat, friction, etc.
9 tr. (also seise) (usu. foll. by of) Law put in possession of.
10 tr. Naut. fasten or attach by binding with turns of yarn etc.
Idiom:
seized (or seised) of
1 possessing legally.
2 aware or informed of.
Derivative:
seizable adj. seizer n.
Etymology:
ME f. OF seizir, saisir give seisin f. Frank. f. L sacire f. Gmc
VB take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket, receive, accept, reap, crop, cull, pluck, gather, draw, appropriate, expropriate, impropriate, assume, possess oneself of, take possession of, commandeer, lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on, help oneself to, make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution, intercept, scramble for, deprive of, take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off, adeem, abstract, hurry off with, run away with, abduct, steal, ravish, seize, pounce upon, spring upon, swoop to, swoop down upon, take by storm, take by assault, snatch, reave, snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up, kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on, get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of, lay by the heels, take prisoner, fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of, catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at, reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand, take from, take away from, disseize, deduct, retrench, dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp, tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from, extort, deprive of, bereave, disinherit, cut off with a shilling, oust, divest, levy, distrain, confiscate, sequester, sequestrate, accroach, usurp, despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume, impoverish, eat out of house and home, drain, drain to the dregs, gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up, absorb, draw off, suck the blood of, suck like a leech, retake, resume, recover.
VB steal, thieve, rob, mug, purloin, pilfer, filch, prig, bag, nim, crib, cabbage, palm, abstract, appropriate, plagiarize, convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp, make off with, walk off with, run off with, run away with, spirit away, seize, plunder, pillage, rifle, sack, loot, ransack, spoil, spoliate, despoil, strip, sweep, gut, forage, levy blackmail, pirate, pickeer, maraud, lift cattle, poach, smuggle, run, badger, bail up, hold up, stick up, bunco, bunko, filibuster, swindle, peculate, embezzle, sponge, mulct, rook, bilk, pluck, pigeon, fleece, defraud, obtain under false pretenses, live by one's wits, rob Peter to pay Paul, borrow of Peter to pay Paul, set a thief to catch a thief, disregard the distinction between meum and tuum, fence, launder, launder money.