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Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods..

Sequester :: Sequester (v. t.) To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate..

Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird..

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..

Caburn :: Caburn (n.) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc..

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..

Besayle :: Besayle (n.) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished..

Hent :: Hent (v. t.) To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get.

Nab :: Nab (v. t.) To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly.

Booty :: Booty (n.) That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage..

Rifle :: Rifle (v. t.) To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.

Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To fasten; to fix.

Discontinuance :: Discontinuance (n.) A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other tenant, seized in right of another, of a larger estate than the tenant was entitled to, whereby the party ousted or injured was driven to his real action, and could not enter. This effect of such alienation is now obviated by statute in both England and the United States..

Seizor :: Seizor (n.) One who seizes, or takes possession..

Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief..

Snatch :: Snatch (n.) A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly..

Prehensory :: Prehensory (a.) Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile.

Seizure :: Seizure (n.) That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed..

Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome..

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