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Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped..

Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves..

Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension..

Prehension :: Prehension (n.) The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member..

Usurpation :: Usurpation (n.) The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power..

Impressment :: Impressment (n.) The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors..

Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth..

Seizing :: Seizing (n.) The cord or lashing used for such fastening.

Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Seizing; embracing; catching.

Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form..

Catch :: Catch (n.) Act of seizing; a grasp.

Taking :: Taking (n.) The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.

Seizing :: Seizing (n.) The act of taking or grasping suddenly.

Capture :: Capture (n.) The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal..

Reseizure :: Reseizure (n.) A second seizure; the act of seizing again.

Rape :: Rape (n.) The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.

Rapture :: Rapture (n.) A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.

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

Snatch :: Snatch (n.) A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly..

Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.

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