Definition of seize

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

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Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.
Post-disseizin :: Post-disseizin (n.) A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ founded on such subsequent disseizin, now abolished..
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..
Seise :: Seise (v. t.) See Seize.
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..
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..
Grappling :: Grappling (n.) A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel..
Knab :: Knab (v. t.) To seize with the teeth; to gnaw.
Ingrapple :: Ingrapple (v. t. & i.) To seize; to clutch; to grapple.
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power..
Grabber :: Grabber (n.) One who seizes or grabs.
Muss :: Muss (n.) A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle..
Take :: Take (v. t.) In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey..
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..
Reseize :: Reseize (v. t.) To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized..
Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.
Forhend :: Forhend (v. t.) To seize upon.
Grapple :: Grapple (v. i.) To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another..
Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome..
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