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seizure
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Seizure \Sei"zure\, n.
The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.
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Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership.
Make o'er thy honor by a deed of trust, And give me seizure of the mighty wealth.
--Dryden. That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"act of seizing," late 15c., from seize + -ure. Meaning "sudden attack of illness" is attested from 1779.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law. 2 A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure). 3 A sudden onset of pain or emotion. 4 (context obsolete English) retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership 5 That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
WordNet
n. a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure" [syn: ictus, raptus]
the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property [syn: capture, gaining control]
the act of taking of a person by force [syn: capture]
the taking possession of something by legal process
Wikipedia
Seizure is a 1974 horror- thriller film. It is the directorial debut of Oliver Stone, who also co-wrote the screenplay.
Seizure is the 2003 novel by American author Robin Cook which explores the concerns raised by advances in therapeutic cloning. It debuted at Number 6 on The New York Times Best Seller list on August 3, 2003. It remained on the best seller list for three weeks. In November 2004 it appeared on the paperback best seller list.
Senator Ashley Butler is a quintessential Southern demagogue whose support of traditional American values includes a knee-jerk reaction against virtually all biotechnologies. When he's called to chair a subcommittee introducing legislation to ban new cloning technology, the senator views his political future in bold relief; and Dr. Daniel Lowell, inventor of the technique that will take stem cell research to the next level, sees a roadblock positioned before his biotech startup.
The two seemingly opposite personalities clash during the senate hearings, but the men have a common desire. Butler's hunger for political power far outstrips his concern for the unborn; and Lowell's pursuit of gargantuan personal wealth and celebrity overrides any considerations for patients' well-being. Further complicating the proceedings is the confidential news that Senator Butler has developed Parkinson's disease, leading the senator and the researcher into a Faustian pact. In a perilous attempt to prematurely harness Lowell's new technology, the therapy leaves the senator with the horrifying effects of temporal lobe epilepsy-seizures of the most bizarre order.
Seizure is the second novel in the Virals series of novels for young adults written by the American forensic anthropologist and crime writer, Kathy Reichs and her son Brendan Reichs, featuring Tory Brennan, great-niece of Temperance Brennan.
Seizure - European Journal of Epilepsy is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering epilepsy. It was established in 1992. The editor-in-chief is Markus Reuber ( University of Sheffield). It is the official journal of Epilepsy Action. It is published ten times a year by Elsevier.
Seizure is the second album by New Zealand musician Chris Knox, released in 1989 by record label Flying Nun.
Usage examples of "seizure".
Her parents were instructed, via an English-speaking relative, to give her 250 milligrams of ampicillin twice a day, to clear up her aspiration pneumonia, and twenty milligrams of Dilantin elixir, an anticonvulsant, twice a day, to suppress any further grand mal seizures.
July 17, 1862, and which act and the joint resolution explanatory thereof are herewith published, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim to and warn all persons within the contemplation of said sixth section to cease participating in, aiding, countenancing, or abetting the existing rebellion or any rebellion against the Government of the United States and to return to their proper allegiance to the United States, on pain of the forfeitures and seizures as within and by said sixth section provided.
As a visiting detective from a foreign country working on a case, Lo Manto would be thousands of miles beyond his jurisdiction and maintain no powers of search, seizure, or arrest.
By the famous decree of Berlin, dated 21st November 1806, Mortier was compelled to order the seizure of all English merchandise in the Hanse Towns, but he enforced the decree only so far as to preserve the appearance of having obeyed his orders.
Ray did not succumb to the paralytic seizure occasioned by the twofold shock which she had experienced.
He had also learned something of the paralytic seizure which the disaster had occasioned.
Something that not only causes seizures and heart toxicity, but also, for a brief instance, parasympathetic stimulation.
Karen Hodges had initially suffered the same baffling parasympathetic symptoms before the onset of her seizure.
Manson was based on illegally obtained and perjured testimony, therefore the seizure of the person of Mr.
The hope was that at least one of the two postoperative hemispheres would be unaffected by subsequent seizures.
In 1391 murder, seizure of property, and forcible conversion of the Jews began, and this taste of violence soon turned into general insurrection against the clergy and propertied class, culminating in four days of terror in Barcelona.
The first phase of this plan entailed the seizure of the approaches to the Sardi Gorge and particularly important 1: in this dry and scalded desert would be the water supplies of the attacking army.
I was scared and intrigued at the same time, but as I was leaving, a stumblebum on the sidewalk ahead of me went into a seizure.
Three steps across the floor, seizure of the beard, a strike of the swange, three steps back and the deed is done, and yonder I see the valve which controls the lucifer.
A 1926 seizure in Hong Kong led to the arrest of a Chinese trafficker whose cabin, when searched, was found to contain a series of telegraph cables to and from a guy in Kobe called Wai Kee.