Definition of seize

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

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Rifle :: Rifle (v. t.) To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
Tackle :: Tackle (n.) To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game..
Hand :: Hand (v. t.) To seize; to lay hands on.
Snatch :: Snatch (n.) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss..
Snap :: Snap (n.) To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth..
Bag :: Bag (v. t.) To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game..
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention..
Disseizin :: Disseizin (n.) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.
Upcaught :: Upcaught (a.) Seized or caught up.
Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4..
Disseized :: Disseized (imp. & p. p.) of Disseiz.
Rap :: Rap (v.) To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration..
Diligence :: Diligence (n.) Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings..
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power..
Reseize :: Reseize (v. t.) To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized..
Ingrapple :: Ingrapple (v. t. & i.) To seize; to clutch; to grapple.
Confiscate :: Confiscate (v. t. ) To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.
Fang :: Fang (a.) To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch..
Tire :: Tire (v. i.) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does..
Tire :: Tire (v. i.) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything..
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