seizure

English

Alternative forms

• seisure (obsolete)

Etymology

seize +‎ -ure

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiʒɚ/, /ˈsizjʊɚ/
• Rhymes: -iːʒə(ɹ)

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Noun

seizure (countable and uncountable, plural seizures)

1. The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.

   the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.

   The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.

   • 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Chapter VII

     As yet there had been no alarm of fever. The three seizures had excited some comment, however, and had it not been for the counter-excitement of the burning ship, it is possible that Pine's precaution would have been thrown away

2. A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).

   He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epileptic seizure occurred.

3. A sudden onset of pain or emotion.

   He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.

4. That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
5. (obsolete) Retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.
   • 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):

     Make o'er thy honour by a deed of trust, / And give me seizure of the mighty wealth.

Derived terms

• seizural

Translations

act of taking possession, as by force or right of law

• Armenian: բռնագրավում (hy) (bṙnagravum), բռնազավթում (hy) (bṙnazavtʻum)
• Bulgarian: конфискация (bg) f (konfiskacija)
• Catalan: apropiació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奪取／夺取 (zh) (duóqǔ), 夺取 (zh) (duóqǔ), 佔用／占用 (zh) (zhànyòng), 沒收／没收 (zh) (mòshōu), 没收 (zh) (mòshōu)

• Danish: beslaglæggelse c
• Finnish: pidätys (fi)
• French: saisie (fr) f
• German: Beschlagnahme (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἁρπαγή f (harpagḗ)

• Irish: glacadh m, urghabháil f, gabháil m, forghabháil f
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• Japanese: 奪取 (ja) (だっしゅ, dasshu)
• Norwegian: inndragning m
• Persian: مصادره (fa) (mosâdere)
• Portuguese: apreensão (pt) f, apropriação (pt) f (of things)
• Romanian: confiscare (ro) f
• Russian: захва́т (ru) m (zaxvát), взя́тие си́лой n (vzjátije síloj), взя́тие (ru) n (vzjátije)
• Scottish Gaelic: glacadh m
• Spanish: apropiación (es) f
• Tagalog: pagsamsam
• Turkish: ele geçirme, gasp (tr)

sudden attack or convulsion

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: припадък (bg) m (pripadǎk)
• Catalan: atac (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發作／发作 (zh) (fāzuò), 发作 (zh) (fāzuò)

• Czech: záchvat m
• Danish: anfald (da) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kohtaus (fi)
• French: attaque (fr) f, crise (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Anfall (de) m
• Hebrew: הֶתְקֵף (he) m (hetqéf)
• Indonesian: kejang-kejang, kejang (id)
• Irish: gabhlán m, taom m
• Italian: convulsioni (it)
• Japanese: 発作 (ja) (ほっさ, hossa), 発病 (ja) (はつびょう, hatsubyō), 急病 (ja) (きゅうびょう, kyūbyō)
• Khmer: ប្រឆ្ងិត (km) (prɑcŋət), ស្កន្ទ (km) (skɑn), អបមារ (a’pa’maa), អបមារ (ɑɑp mie)
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• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: خوو (xû)

• Maori: hukihuki
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: iichʼąh, ashchʼąh
• Norwegian: krampe (no) m or f

  Bokmål: anfall (no) n

  Nynorsk: anfall n

• Persian: تشنج (fa) (tašanoj)
• Plautdietsch: Aunfaul m
• Polish: napad (pl) m
• Portuguese: convulsão (pt) f
• Russian: припа́док (ru) m (pripádok), при́ступ (ru) m (prístup)
• Serbo-Croatian: konvulzije, konvulzivna ataka f, konvulzivni napad m
• Spanish: convulsión (es) f
• Swahili: kifafa (sw)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kriz (tr), nöbet (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

sudden onset of pain or emotion

• Danish: anfald (da) n
• Finnish: kohtaus (fi)
• French: attaque (fr) f
• German: Anfall (de) m
• Irish: taom m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: smerteanfall n

  Nynorsk: smerteåtak

• Plautdietsch: Aunfaul m
• Portuguese: ataque (pt) m
• Russian: при́ступ (ru) m (prístup)
• Turkish: kriz (tr)

Verb

seizure (third-person singular simple present seizures, present participle seizuring, simple past and past participle seizured)

1. To undergo an epileptic seizure.
   • 2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 9:

     My doctor prescribed Namility. It made my vision blurry, I told him. He said keep taking it, it'll stop. Next day at work I seizured in the middle of an order.

Synonyms

• seize

References

• Search and seizure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• seizure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia