seizing

1. To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
2. To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
3. To take possession of (by force, law etc.).

   to seize a ship after libeling

4. To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.

   a fever seized him

5. 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

6. To fasten, fix.
7. To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).

   to seize on the neck of a horse

8. To have a seizure.
9. To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.

   Rust caused the engine to seize, never to run again.

10. To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
11. (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.

1. The act of grabbing or taking possession.
2. (chiefly in the plural) Something seized.

   The pirates buried their seizings and marked the map with an X.

3. A type of lashing or binding by a small cord.

adjective

That seizes the attention; impressive.