Definition of seize

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Seize (v. t.) To take possession of by force.

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Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime..
Prize :: Prize (n.) That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power..
Foreseize :: Foreseize (v. t.) To seize beforehand.
Diligence :: Diligence (n.) Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings..
Rap :: Rap (v.) To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.
Ingrapple :: Ingrapple (v. t. & i.) To seize; to clutch; to grapple.
Capture :: Capture (v. t.) To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody..
Bag :: Bag (v. t.) To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game..
Rise :: Rise (n.) The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.
Disseizin :: Disseizin (n.) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.
Confiscate :: Confiscate (v. t. ) To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.
Extent :: Extent (n.) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment..
Lock :: Lock (v. t.) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him..
Snatch :: Snatch (v. i.) To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope..
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal..
Nab :: Nab (v. t.) To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly.
Disseizoress :: Disseizoress (n.) A woman disseizes.
Prehensory :: Prehensory (a.) Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile.
Fang :: Fang (v. t.) The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider..
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