seize
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
seize (seizes, present participle seizing; past and past participle seized)
- (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
- Synonyms: clasp, grasp, grip, Thesaurus:grasp
- (transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
- Synonyms: jump on
- (transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
- Synonyms: arrogate, commandeer, confiscate
- to seize smuggled goods
- to seize a ship after libeling
- (transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
- 2010, Antonio Saggio, A Secret van Gogh: His Motif and Motives, ISBN 9781447507932, gbooks Ts1vAgAAQBAJ:
- This sensation of an object becoming alive is a characteristic that, I believe, seizes all viewers of a van Gogh. The Bible goes beyond being a simple still-life object to become a living thing, an expression of strength, an existence that emanates from itself, beyond the painting surface to participate in our very lives.
- a panic seized the crowd
- a fever seized him
- 2010, Antonio Saggio, A Secret van Gogh: His Motif and Motives, ISBN 9781447507932, gbooks Ts1vAgAAQBAJ:
- (transitive, nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
- to seize two fish-hooks back to back
- to seize or stop one rope on to another
- (transitive, obsolete) To fasten, fix.
- (intransitive) To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
- to seize on the neck of a horse
- (intransitive) To have a seizure.
- (intransitive) To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
- Rust caused the engine to seize, never to run again.
- (UK, intransitive) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
- (law) (with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court).
- This Court will remain seized of this matter.
- French: saisir, saisir
- German: ergreifen, fassen, greifen
- Italian: prendere, afferrare
- Portuguese: agarrar, capturar, apanhar
- Russian: захва́тывать
- Spanish: agarrar, apoderarse de, apresar, aferrar
- French: saisir
- Italian: approfittare
- Portuguese: aproveitar, valer-se de
- Spanish: tomar, aprovechar
- French: saisir
- German: beschlagnahmen
- Portuguese: apreender
- Portuguese: tomar conta de, apoderar-se de
- Portuguese: convulsionar, convulsionar-se, convulsar, convelir,
- Spanish: conveler
- French: se gripper (of a motor or other machine)
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