Crossword clues for seized
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Seize \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.]
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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?
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To take possession of by force.
At last they seize The scepter, and regard not David's sons.
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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. (law) To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods.
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To fasten; to fix. [Obs.]
As when a bear hath seized her cruel claws Upon the carcass of some beast too weak.
--Spenser. To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.
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(Naut.) To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.
Note: 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 To seize 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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: seize)
WordNet
adj. taken without permission or consent especially by public authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain" [syn: appropriated, condemned, confiscate, confiscated, taken over]
Usage examples of "seized".
He seized a rope which Dantes flung to him, and with an activity that would have done credit to a sailor, climbed up the side of the ship, while the young man, going to his task, left the conversation to Danglars, who now came towards the owner.
Then he destroyed the second portion, assured that if the first were seized, no one would be able to discover its real meaning.
Then an invincible and extreme terror seized upon him, and he dared not again press the hand that hung out of bed, he dared no longer to gaze on those fixed and vacant eyes, which he tried many times to close, but in vainthey opened again as soon as shut.
Dantes was then seized with an indescribable desire to know what was going on in the dungeon of his unfortunate friend.
He swam to the cap, placed it on his head, seized one of the timbers, and struck out so as to cut across the course the vessel was taking.
This feeling was so strong that at the moment when Edmond was about to begin his labor, he stopped, laid down his pickaxe, seized his gun, mounted to the summit of the highest rock, and from thence gazed round in every direction.
Dantes seized his gun, sprang through the opening, and mounted the stair.
The instant the letter was written, Carlini seized it, and hastened to the plain to find a messenger.
She then returned to her room, calling for help as loudly as she could, when suddenly her window, which was twenty feet from the ground, was opened, a young peasant jumped into the chamber, seized her in his arms, and with superhuman skill and strength conveyed her to the turf of the grass-plot, where she fainted.
The curtain at length fell on the performances, to the infinite satisfaction of the Viscount of Morcerf, who seized his hat, rapidly passed his fingers through his hair, arranged his cravat and wristbands, and signified to Franz that he was waiting for him to lead the way.
As soon as I learned I could in any way assist you, I most eagerly seized the opportunity of offering my services.
The executioner made a sign, and his two assistants leaped from the scaffold and seized him.
Franz sprang back, but the count seized his arm, and held him before the window.
Albert seized it, and as Franz had no reason to suppose it was meant for him, he suffered Albert to retain it.
Benedetto could read, write, and cipher perfectly, for when the fit seized him, he learned more in a day than others in a week.