Definition of seize

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Seize (v. t.) To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

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Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist..
Snap :: Snap (v. t.) That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap..
Raven :: Raven (v. t.) To obtain or seize by violence.
Seise :: Seise (v. t.) See Seize.
Bite :: Bite (v. t.) To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man..
Reseizer :: Reseizer (n.) One who seizes again.
Stag-evil :: Stage-struck (a.) Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate desire to become an actor.
Confiscate :: Confiscate (a.) Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.
Pounce :: Pounce (v. i.) To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively..
Saltigrade :: Saltigrade (n.) One of the Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey..
Seizure :: Seizure (n.) The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc..
Prehensory :: Prehensory (a.) Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile.
Lock :: Lock (v. t.) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him..
Snatch :: Snatch (n.) To seize and transport away; to rap.
Grappling :: Grappling (n.) A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel..
Reseize :: Reseize (v. t.) To seize again, or a second time..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody..
Deprehend :: Deprehend (v. t.) To take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend..
Beard :: Beard (v. t.) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt..
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