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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Reseizer :: Reseizer (n.) One who seizes again.
Forceps :: Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc..
Hook :: Hook (v. t.) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore..
Reseize :: Reseize (v. t.) To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized..
Hent :: Hent (v. t.) To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get.
Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea..
Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To take, seize, or lay hold of..
Disseizin :: Disseizin (n.) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.
Disseizoress :: Disseizoress (n.) A woman disseizes.
Fishhawk :: Fishhawk (n.) The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody..
Quarantine :: Quarantine (n.) The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.
Confiscate :: Confiscate (v. t. ) To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.
Lock :: Lock (v. t.) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him..
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power..
Fang :: Fang (v. t.) The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider..
Seizer :: Seizer (n.) One who, or that which, seizes..
Arreptitious :: Arreptitious (a.) Snatched away; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack-brained..
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..
Seized :: Seized (imp. & p. p.) of Seiz.
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