Seize

Verb

 * 1)  to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture
 * 2)  to take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)
 * 3)  to take possession of (by force, law etc.)
 * to seize smuggled goods
 * to seize a ship after libeling
 * 1)  to have a sudden and powerful effect upon
 * a panic seized the crowd
 * a fever seized him
 * 1)  to bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line
 * to seize two fish-hooks back to back
 * to seize or stop one rope on to another
 * 1)  to fasten, fix
 * 2)  to lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on: or upon:)
 * to seize on the neck of a horse
 * The text which had seized upon his heart with such comfort and strength abode upon him for more than a year. (Southey, Bunyan, p. 21)
 * 1)  to have a seizure
 * 2)  to bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up
 * Rust caused the engine to seize, never to run again.

Derived terms

 * be seized of, be seized with
 * seizable
 * seize the day
 * seize on, seize upon


 * seize up
 * seizer
 * seizor

Related terms

 * seizure

Adverbs for Seize
peremptorily; selfishly; impulsively; roughly; rapaciously; greedily; lustfully; diabolically; bestially; unceremoniously; summarily; rudely; uncouthly; desperately; arbitrarily; illegally.

Thesaurus
abduct, absorb, accroach, adopt, afflict, annex, appreciate, apprehend, appropriate, arrest, arrogate, assimilate, assume, assume command, be acquainted with, be apprised of, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, be conversant with, be informed, be with one, beset, bind, bust, capture, carry, carry off, catch, catch at, catch on, clutch, cognize, collar, commandeer, comprehend, conceive, conceptualize, confiscate, dig, digest, discern, encroach, expropriate, fasten, fasten upon, fathom, follow, get, get hold of, get the drift, get the idea, get the picture, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, have, have information about, have it taped, have knowledge of, hold, impound, infringe, invade, jam, jump, jump at, ken, kidnap, know, latch, learn, lock up, make an arrest, make out, master, mount the throne, nab, nail, net, nick, occupy, perceive, pick up, pinch, play God, possess, pounce upon, preempt, prehend, pretend to, put under arrest, read, realize, recognize, round up, savvy, scramble for, secure, see, seize on, seize power, seize the meaning, seize the throne, sense, sequester, shanghai, snap at, snatch, snatch at, spring upon, stick, stop, subject, swoop down upon, take, take advantage of, take away, take captive, take charge, take command, take hold of, take in, take into custody, take over, take possession of, take prisoner, take the helm, take the lead, throttle, transfix, trespass, understand, usurp, visit, wot, wot of

Etymology
Earlier seise:, from seisen:, sesen:, saisen:, from  seisir: 'take possession of; invest (person, court) (compare  saisir: 'to seize; invest a court'), from  sacire: (8th century) 'to lay claim to, appropriate' in the phrase undefined:, from Low  *sakian 'to sue, bring legal action', from  (compare  sacian 'to strive, brawl'), from *sakanan (compare  sakan 'to accuse',  sahhan 'to bicker, quarrel, rebuke',  sacan 'to quarrel, claim by law, accuse').

Translations

 * Arabic: (’istáula 3ála)
 * Armenian: գրավել
 * Bengali:
 * Chinese: 捕抓, 攫取, ,
 * Chinese Characters: 揢
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ergreifen
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 捉える,
 * Korean: 붙잡다 (butjapda)
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English:
 * Ottoman Turkish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: захватывать, захватить , схватывать , схватить
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , tillskansa


 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: aproveitar

Cardinal number

 * 1) sixteen

Etymology
From sedecim:.

Derived terms

 * seizième