seize
Meaning of seize
verb
- To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
- To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
- To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
to seize a ship after libeling
- To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
a fever seized him
- To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
to seize or stop one rope on to another
- To fasten, fix.
- To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
to seize on the neck of a horse
- To have a seizure.
- To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
Rust caused the engine to seize, never to run again.
- To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
- (with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court).
This Court will remain seized of this matter.
Information about seize
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of seize is: seizes.
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Hyphenation of seize
seize
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- seize is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
seize synonyms
Meaning prehend:
Meaning appropriate:
Meaning impound:
impound, attach, sequester, confiscate
Meaning assume:
Meaning clutch:
Meaning grab:
Meaning :
clasp, grasp, grip, commandeer
Translation of seize
- French: arrêter, appréhender, attraper, saisir, capturer, confisquer, conquérir, usurper, captiver
- German: festnehmen, verhaften, konfiszieren, beschlagnahmen, einnehmen, erobern, bemächtigen
- Spanish: capturar, detener, arrestar, apresar, aprehender, confiscar, conquistar, ocupar, dominar, apropiarse, invadir, apoderarse, usurpar, atrapar, coger, agarrar, llamar
- Italian: arrestare, detenere, confiscare, sequestrare, conquistare, occupare, invadere, impadronirsi, impossessarsi, assumere, usurpare, cogliere, assalire, prendere, catturare, rapire, avvincere
- Portuguese: prender, confiscar, conquistar, usurpar
Words that rhyme with seize
Yankeeize, trocheeize, atheize, heize, polytheize, movieize, boodleize, creoleize, malleableize, marbleize, nucleize, peopleize, turtleize, twaddleize, unmarbleize, homogeneize, peize, antiseize, asseize, disseize, foreseize, redisseize, reseize, unseize, upseize, weize
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