seize

UK /siːz/ US /siːz/
verb 5

Definitions

verb

1

To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.

2

To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).

3

To take possession of (by force, law etc.).

to seize smuggled goods

to seize a ship after libeling

4

To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.

a panic seized the crowd

a fever seized him

5

Alternative spelling of seise (“to vest ownership of an estate in land”).

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