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

Reseize :: Reseize (v. t.) To put in possession again; to reinstate.

Disseizoress :: Disseizoress (n.) A woman disseizes.

Beard :: Beard (v. t.) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt..

Clinch :: Clinch (v. i.) To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.

Redisseize :: Redisseize (v. t.) To disseize anew, or a second time..

Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal..

Hook :: Hook (v. t.) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore..

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody..

Usurp :: Usurp (v. t.) To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him..

Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts..

Reseizer :: Reseizer (n.) The taking of lands into the hands of the king where a general livery, or oustre le main, was formerly mis-sued, contrary to the form and order of law..

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..

Surprise :: Surprise (n.) To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.

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..

Tire :: Tire (v. i.) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does..

Crib :: Crib (v. i.) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.

Capture :: Capture (v. t.) To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort..

Hand :: Hand (v. t.) To seize; to lay hands on.

Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.

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