Seize (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Seized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Seizing.] [OE. seisen, saisen, OF. seisir,
saisir, F. saisir, of Teutonic origin, and akin to E.
set. The meaning is properly, to set, put, place, hence, to put
in possession of. See Set, v. t.]
1. To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of;
to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.
For by no means the high bank he could
seize.
Spenser.
Seek you to seize and gripe into your hands
The royalties and rights of banished Hereford?
Shak.
2. To take possession of by force.
At last they seize
The scepter, and regard not David's sons.
Milton.
3. To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of;
to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient.
Hope and deubt alternate seize her
seul.
Pope.
4. (law) To take possession of by
virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff
seized the debtor's goods.
5. To fasten; to fix. [Obs.]
As when a bear hath seized her cruel claws
Upon the carcass of some beast too weak.
Spenser.
6. To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully
and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.
7. (Naut.) To bind or fasten together
with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize
ropes.
&fist; This word, by writers on law, is commonly written
seise, in the phrase to be seised of (an estate), as
also, in composition, disseise, disseisin.
To be seized of, to have possession, or right
of possession; as, A B was seized and possessed of the
manor of Dale. "Whom age might see seized of what youth
made prize." Chapman. -- To seize on or
upon, to fall on and grasp; to take hold on; to
take possession of suddenly and forcibly.
Syn. -- To catch; grasp; clutch; snatch; apprehend; arrest;
take; capture.
Seize (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Seized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Seizing.] [OE. seisen, saisen, OF. seisir,
saisir, F. saisir, of Teutonic origin, and akin to E.
set. The meaning is properly, to set, put, place, hence, to put
in possession of. See Set, v. t.]
1. To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of;
to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.
For by no means the high bank he could
seize.
Spenser.
Seek you to seize and gripe into your hands
The royalties and rights of banished Hereford?
Shak.
2. To take possession of by force.
At last they seize
The scepter, and regard not David's sons.
Milton.
3. To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of;
to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient.
Hope and deubt alternate seize her
seul.
Pope.
4. (law) To take possession of by
virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff
seized the debtor's goods.
5. To fasten; to fix. [Obs.]
As when a bear hath seized her cruel claws
Upon the carcass of some beast too weak.
Spenser.
6. To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully
and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.
7. (Naut.) To bind or fasten together
with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize
ropes.
&fist; This word, by writers on law, is commonly written
seise, in the phrase to be seised of (an estate), as
also, in composition, disseise, disseisin.
To be seized of, to have possession, or right
of possession; as, A B was seized and possessed of the
manor of Dale. "Whom age might see seized of what youth
made prize." Chapman. -- To seize on or
upon, to fall on and grasp; to take hold on; to
take possession of suddenly and forcibly.
Syn. -- To catch; grasp; clutch; snatch; apprehend; arrest;
take; capture.
