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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Rap :: Rap (v.) To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration..
Hent :: Hent (v. t.) To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get.
Peck :: Peck (v.) To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up..
Redisseizor :: Redisseizor (n.) One who redisseizes.
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) To take or seize; to take hold of.
Vagantes :: Vagantes (p. pl.) A tribe of spiders, comprising some of those which take their prey in a web, but which also frequently run with agility, and chase and seize their prey..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody..
Prehensory :: Prehensory (a.) Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile.
Saltigrade :: Saltigrade (n.) One of the Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey..
Grappling :: Grappling (n.) A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel..
Reseize :: Reseize (v. t.) To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized..
Reseize :: Reseize (v. t.) To seize again, or a second time..
Confiscate :: Confiscate (a.) Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.
Fang :: Fang (a.) To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch..
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..
Rise :: Rise (n.) The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.
Seizor :: Seizor (n.) One who seizes, or takes possession..
Prey :: Prey (n.) That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim..
Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To fasten; to fix.
Catch :: Catch (n.) The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch..
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