From seize + -ure.

• (RP) IPA: /ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)/
• (America) IPA: /ˈsi.ʒɚ/
• (Australia) IPA: /ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)/, [ˈsɪi.ʒə(ɹ)]

seizure

1. The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.

   the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.

   The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.

   • 1874, Marcus Clarke, chapter VII, in For the Term of His Natural Life:

     As yet there had been no alarm of fever. The three seizures had excited some comment, however, and had it not been for the counter-excitement of the burning ship, it is possible that Pine's precaution would have been thrown away

2. A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).

   He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epileptic seizure occurred.

3. A sudden onset of pain or emotion.

   He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.

4. That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
5. (obsolete) Retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.
   • 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC ↗, (please specify the page number):

     Make o'er thy honour by a deed of trust, / And give me seizure of the mighty wealth.

• French: saisie
• German: Beschlagnahme
• Portuguese: apreensão, apropriação (of things)
• Russian: захва́т
• Spanish: apropiación

• French: attaque, crise
• German: Anfall
• Italian: convulsioni
• Portuguese: convulsão
• Russian: припа́док
• Spanish: convulsión

• French: attaque
• German: Anfall
• Portuguese: ataque
• Russian: при́ступ

seizure (seizures, present participle seizuring; simple past and past participle seizured)

1. To undergo an epileptic seizure.

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