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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Snatch :: Snatch (v. i.) To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope..
Collar :: Collar (v. t.) To seize by the collar.
Reseizer :: Reseizer (n.) One who seizes again.
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..
Arreptitious :: Arreptitious (a.) Snatched away; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack-brained..
Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes..
Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To take possession of by force.
Truss :: Truss (n.) To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
Muss :: Muss (n.) A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle..
Knab :: Knab (v. t.) To seize with the teeth; to gnaw.
Prehensile :: Prehensile (n.) Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey..
Sequester :: Sequester (v. t.) To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate..
Peck :: Peck (v.) To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up..
Intercept :: Intercept (v. t.) To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris..
Swoop :: Swoop (n.) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
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..
Graaper :: Graaper (n.) One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.
Waylay :: Waylay (v. t.) To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush..
Bag :: Bag (v. t.) To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game..
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