Definition of seize

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Seize (v. t.) To take possession of by force.

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Booty :: Booty (n.) That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage..
Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an amercement..
Forhend :: Forhend (v. t.) To seize upon.
Swoop :: Swoop (n.) To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken..
Snatch :: Snatch (n.) A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly..
Snap :: Snap (n.) To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth..
Seizure :: Seizure (n.) That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed..
Disseize :: Disseize (v. t.) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold..
Grab :: Grab (v. t. & i.) To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.
Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.
Disseizee :: Disseizee (n.) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor..
Prehend :: Prehend (v. t.) To lay hold of; to seize.
Disseized :: Disseized (imp. & p. p.) of Disseiz.
Foreseize :: Foreseize (v. t.) To seize beforehand.
Catch :: Catch (n.) Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To take possession of by force.
Seise :: Seise (v. t.) See Seize.
Dispossess :: Dispossess (v. t.) To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown..
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..
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention..
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