seize
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Earlier seise, from Middle English seisen, sesen, saisen, from Old French seisir 'take possession of; invest (person, court) (compare French saisir 'to seize; invest a court'), from Medieval Latin sacīre (8th century) 'to lay claim to, appropriate' in the phrase ad propriam sacire, from Low Frankish *sakian 'to sue, bring legal action', from Proto-Germanic *sakōnan (compare Old English sacian 'to strive, brawl'), from *sakanan (compare Old Saxon sakan 'to accuse', Old High German sahhan 'to bicker, quarrel, rebuke', Old English sacan 'to quarrel, claim by law, accuse').[1] See sake.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
seize (third-person singular simple present seizes, present participle seizing, simple past and past participle seized)
- (transitive) to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture
- (transitive) to take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)
- (transitive) to take possession of (by force, law etc.)
- to seize smuggled goods
- to seize a ship after libeling
- (transitive) to have a sudden and powerful effect upon
- a panic seized the crowd
- a fever seized him
- (transitive, nautical) to bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line
- to seize two fish-hooks back to back
- to seize or stop one rope on to another
- (transitive, obsolete) to fasten, fix
- (intransitive) to lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon)
- to seize on the neck of a horse
- The text which had seized upon his heart with such comfort and strength abode upon him for more than a year. (Southey, Bunyan, p. 21)
- (intransitive) to have a seizure
- (intransitive) to bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up
- Rust caused the engine to seize, never to run again.
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Translations [edit]
grab
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take advantage
References [edit]
- ^ C.T. Onions, ed., Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, s.v. "seize" (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996), 807.
- seize in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- “seize” in OED Online, Oxford University Press, 1989.
French [edit]
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| Cardinal : seize Ordinal : seizième |
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| French Wikipedia article on seize | ||
Etymology [edit]
From Latin sēdecim.
Pronunciation [edit]
Numeral [edit]
seize
Derived terms [edit]
Guernésiais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Old French seize < Latin sēdecim.
Numeral [edit]
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| Cardinal : seize | ||
seize
Jèrriais [edit]
| < 15 | 16 | 17 > |
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| Cardinal : seize | ||
Etymology [edit]
From Old French seize, from Latin sēdecim.
Numeral [edit]
seize
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