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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
seize
v 1: take hold of also metaphorically: "Fear seized the
prisoners" [syn: {prehend}, {clutch}]
2: take by force; "The enemy seized the city"
3: take possession of without permission [syn: {appropriate}, {take
over}]
4: take by legal authority [syn: {impound}, {attach}, {sequester},
{confiscate}]
5: take after a conquest or invasion; as of land [syn: {capture},
{take over}, {conquer}]
6: capture the attention of "This story will grab you" [syn: {grab}]
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