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Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.

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..

Truss :: Truss (n.) To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.

Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.

Stag-evil :: Stage-struck (a.) Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate desire to become an actor.

Reseizer :: Reseizer (n.) One who seizes again.

Snatch :: Snatch (n.) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss..

Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea..

Scramble :: Scramble (v. i.) To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.

Grabber :: Grabber (n.) One who seizes or grabs.

Disgorge :: Disgorge (v. t.) To give up unwillingly as what one has wrongfully seized and appropriated; to make restitution of; to surrender; as, he was compelled to disgorge his ill-gotten gains..

Hook :: Hook (v. t.) To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout..

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.

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

Graaper :: Graaper (n.) One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.

Seizable :: Seizable (a.) That may be seized.

Swoop :: Swoop (n.) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.

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..

Prehensile :: Prehensile (n.) Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey..

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