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seized |
2 definitions found 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]: seized 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}]
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