Definition of seize

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Seize (v. t.) To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes..

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Prize :: Prize (n.) That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power..
Hent :: Hent (v. t.) To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get.
Caburn :: Caburn (n.) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc..
Seizable :: Seizable (a.) That may be seized.
Grasp :: Grasp (v. t.) To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth..
Rifle :: Rifle (v. t.) To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
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..
Post-disseizor :: Post-disseizor (n.) A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor.
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..
Garrote :: Garrote (v. t.) To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob..
Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird..
Capture :: Capture (v. t.) To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort..
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..
Ravish :: Ravish (v. t.) To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
Excuss :: Excuss (v. t.) To seize and detain by law, as goods..
Prehensile :: Prehensile (n.) Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey..
Bag :: Bag (v. t.) To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game..
Redisseizor :: Redisseizor (n.) One who redisseizes.
Panic :: Panic (a.) A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic..
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