Definition of seize

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Seize (v. t.) To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient..

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Ingrapple :: Ingrapple (v. t. & i.) To seize; to clutch; to grapple.
Grabber :: Grabber (n.) One who seizes or grabs.
Disseizee :: Disseizee (n.) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor..
Saltigrade :: Saltigrade (n.) One of the Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey..
Gripper :: Gripper (n.) One who, or that which, grips or seizes..
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..
Nab :: Nab (v. t.) To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly.
Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.
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..
Prehensi-ble :: Prehensi-ble (a.) Capable of being seized.
Caburn :: Caburn (n.) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc..
Chop :: Chop (v. t.) To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.
Seizable :: Seizable (a.) That may be seized.
Tackle :: Tackle (n.) To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game..
Snatch :: Snatch (n.) To seize and transport away; to rap.
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention..
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.
Chop :: Chop (v. i.) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
Distress :: Distress (n.) To seize for debt; to distrain.
Snap :: Snap (v. i.) To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait..
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