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

Corsair :: Corsair (n.) A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land..

Extent :: Extent (n.) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment..

Seise :: Seise (v. t.) See Seize.

Prehensi-ble :: Prehensi-ble (a.) Capable of being seized.

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..

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

Distress :: Distress (n.) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.

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

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..

Collar :: Collar (v. t.) To seize by the collar.

Upcaught :: Upcaught (a.) Seized or caught up.

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..

Ingrapple :: Ingrapple (v. t. & i.) To seize; to clutch; to grapple.

Seized :: Seized (imp. & p. p.) of Seiz.

Forhend :: Forhend (v. t.) To seize upon.

Levy :: Levy (v. i.) To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods..

Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.

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..

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

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