From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Seizing \Seiz"ing\, n.
1. The act of taking or grasping suddenly.
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2. (Naut.)
(a) The operation of fastening together or lashing.
(b) The cord or lashing used for such fastening.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seizing
n 1: small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes
together
2: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the
tentacles) [syn: {grasping}, {taking hold}, {seizing},
{prehension}]
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